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John Wesley Boyd Jr. is a Baskerville, Virginia farmer, civil rights activist and the founder of the National Black Farmers Association.

Op-ed: Banks are Fighting Debt Relief for Black Farmers. It’s No Surprise.

May 21, 2021

Handy Kennedy, founder of AgriUnity cooperative, feeds his cows on HK Farms on April 20, 2021 in Cobbtown, Georgia.

Op-ed: $4 Billion in Debt Relief Is a Start, but the Fight is Not Over for Black Farmers

March 16, 2021

a black farmer looking over his fields

Op-ed: The Farm Bureau Says it Wants to Fight Racism. Here’s Where to Start.

By John Boyd and Scott Faber

July 3, 2020

A Black farmer loading produce into a pickup truck