These small Black-owned farms are growing crops with the climate in mind
by Danny McArthur

NPR (National Public Radio)    Translate This Article
15 September 2024

On 15 September 2024 NPR (National Public Radio) reported: A number of small Black-owned farms in the Gulf South are growing crops with the climate in mind. Hilery Gobert is among them. He owns a 65-acre farm in Iowa, Louisiana, that he started farming in 2020. He has been trying to improve the soil since then. To do that, he rotates crops and uses cover crops to keep nutrients in the ground. The land now supports a variety of crops, including okra, figs, Asian eggplants, and watermelons. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the field of environment, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

Gobert also grows rice at Driftwood Farm. Rice is usually grown by flooding the fields with water, producing methane, a potent planet-warming gas. So Gobert grows his rice using drip irrigation to get water directly to the roots.

...Using less water to grow rice is an example of what the U.S. Department of Agriculture calls climate-smart agriculture. Cover crops (like red clover and cereal rye), no-till farming and crop rotation are all considered good practices for the climate and for farming. The idea is that farmers can reduce pollution that contributes to human-caused climate change while producing enough food to make a living.

...The Agriculture Department [U.S. Department of Agriculture] is partnering with historically Black colleges and universities, like Alcorn [Alcorn State University, a historically black land-grant university adjacent to Lorman, Mississippi], and other entities through Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities. The goal is to work with small-scale and underserved farmers on projects that help farmers, ranchers, and private forest landowners address climate change.

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