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In the early 1900s, there were more Black farmsthan there were white farms

In the early 1900s, there were more Black farms
than there were white farms

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In the early 1900s,
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there were more Black farms than there were white farms.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:08
Uploaded
Apr 02, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Foothill Productions,Real Lava,Sustainable Films,Range Media Partners,The deNovo Initiative,Tiger Tales Media,Bewilder Films,Ideal Partners

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Trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl examines the precarious state of America's food system. A Sundance Film Festival premiere.
96% of land-owning farmers are white. - Food and Country 00:07
96% of land-owning farmers are white.
And they control 97% of land. - Food and Country 00:05
And they control 97% of land.
So you essentially have a system that is structurally racist - Food and Country 00:13
So you essentially have a system that is structurally racist
[Eric] The vast majority of African American farmland lost - Food and Country 00:07
[Eric] The vast majority of African American farmland lost
So this is not ancient history, this is current history. - Food and Country 00:06
So this is not ancient history, this is current history.
This is very real to people who were - Food and Country 00:06
This is very real to people who were
We have never had the reckoning within our country that we need. - Food and Country 00:05
We have never had the reckoning within our country that we n...
[woman] As part of the New Deal, everybody got the right - Food and Country 00:09
[woman] As part of the New Deal, everybody got the right
Farm workers, domestic workers, and tipped restaurant workers who were told - Food and Country 00:09
Farm workers, domestic workers, and tipped restaurant worker...
And we went from zero in 1938 to $2.13 81 years later. - Food and Country 00:08
And we went from zero in 1938 to $2.13 81 years later.
Prior to the pandemic, the restaurant industry - Food and Country 00:09
Prior to the pandemic, the restaurant industry
But it was also the absolute lowest-paying employer. - Food and Country 00:06
But it was also the absolute lowest-paying employer.
Every year, the seven lowest-paying jobs would be in the restaurant industry, - Food and Country 00:08
Every year, the seven lowest-paying jobs would be in the res...
- [horns honking] - So, part of what you're seeing in the protests - Food and Country 00:07
- [horns honking] - So, part of what you're seeing in t...
I mean, George Floyd himself was an unemployed restaurant worker, - Food and Country 00:11
I mean, George Floyd himself was an unemployed restaurant wo...
It is about police brutality, and it's about so much more. - Food and Country 00:07
It is about police brutality, and it's about so much mo...
After emancipation, employers first demanded the right to hire newly freed slaves - Food and Country 00:14
After emancipation, employers first demanded the right to hi...
And it really was slavery that mutated this idea of tipping, - Food and Country 00:10
And it really was slavery that mutated this idea of tipping,
Because there was a desire to hire Black people, in particular Black women, - Food and Country 00:10
Because there was a desire to hire Black people, in particul...
But I think the surprising thing is, - Food and Country 00:12
But I think the surprising thing is,