The fourth-generation Black farmer criticized the Biden administration for being “asleep at the wheel” as China continues gaining land access adjacent to sensitive infrastructure and military bases.
“While we are losing farms, this administration hasn’t done anything to stop farm foreclosures in this country. We have many of our members who are, right now, facing farm foreclosure, but we had $1 billion to help Chinese farmers and other entities in Russia,” Boyd Jr. said.
“But they can come over here and purchase our farmland and purchase our infrastructure and tap into the American government here,” he added. “Something is terribly wrong with this.”
More people need to try growing their own food. Obviously that’s not possible for everyone, but if every home with a yard can replace even 10% of their groceries with home grown fruit/veg, that would make a huge impact.
Very true