by Avis Thomas Lester Urban News Service John Wesley Boyd, Jr., lives off the land raising cows and growing soybeans and corn on 400 acres he owns in rural Baskerville, Virginia. He works alongside his father, John Wesley Boyd, Sr., 75, who farms 117 acres nearby that he inherited from his own father. Together they’ve […]
Farming Is the Key to Economic Growth in the Black Community
By Armstrong Williams NNPA Newswire Columnist It is clear that it when it comes to jump starting the economy, generating jobs and wealth for the average American, we are in quite a fix. After coming out of the Great Recession, the economy is experiencing anemic growth rate of around one percent, and labor force participation […]