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Black US farmers awaiting billions in promised debt relief
September 1, 2021

By ROXANA HEGEMAN and ALLEN G. BREED for the Associated Press September 1, 2021 AP News website AP YouTube video [...]

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Biden Administration to Invest $67 Million to Help Heirs Resolve Land Ownership and Succession Issues
July 30, 2021

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2021 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced during a press conference with U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock, [...]

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In the U.S. South, a forestry project helps Black families keep their land
June 8, 2021

by Carey L. Biron | Thomson Reuters Foundation June 7, 2021 Southern program aims to turn around a century-long trend that [...]

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Why stepped-up basis is important for maintaining family forests
May 25, 2021

In this commentary published in The Hill — a policy-oriented news outlet in Washington, D.C. — author Thomas Straka warns [...]

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Guidance for Heirs’ Property Operators Participating in Farm Service Agency Programs
April 21, 2021

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency has produced a fact sheet providing guidance for “heirs’ property operators” (defined [...]

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Estate planning webinar for region’s forest landowners scheduled for Feb. 24-25
January 26, 2021

AULANDER, N.C., Jan. 25, 2021 – Estate planning and heirs property – two of the most vexing issues facing forest [...]

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Land Trust Lecture Focuses on Sustainable Forestry and Land Retention Project
November 27, 2020

Alton Perry, program manager for the Sustainable Forestry and Land Retention Project, was the featured speaker for the Nov. 20 [...]

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Sustainable Agriculture with The Cherry Farm
October 28, 2020

Sustainable agriculture is an integral piece in preventing further land loss within the agricultural community. Avis Gray of Cherry Farm [...]

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Virtual conference for region’s forest landowners scheduled for Oct. 27-28
October 6, 2020

AULANDER, N.C., Oct. 6, 2020 – Forest landowners in northeastern North Carolina have the opportunity in late October to learn [...]

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‘Death And Dirt’ Law To Conservation For Black-Owned Forests: Meet Mavis Gragg
June 17, 2020

Mavis Gragg never thought her work would “take her to the trees,” but that is where she has found herself. [...]