Black Farmers

Amid the echo of hoofbeats and the sway of lassos, history galloped to life as the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center in Gainesville honored the unsung heroes who shaped the frontier of the American West.

Florida lawmakers for the second year in a row have approved proposals to expand the number of Black farmers eligible for medical-marijuana licenses, opening the door for three farmers who did not meet muster during a 2022 application period.

Huey shares why he’s passionate about raising cows, his favorite way to enjoy Florida beef and how he managed to buy his first plot of land after all.

They are trying to persuade an appeals court that state health officials were wrong to scrap his application because he died before the licensing process was complete.

Two Black farmers have received licenses to grow, process and sell medical marijuana, thanks to a new state law.

Florida’s long battle over who can have medical marijuana licenses seems to have come to a close.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is slated to review a bill that would give Black farmers an entry into Florida’s flourishing medical marijuana industry.

An administrative law judge rules that the Pigford license earmarked for Moton Hopkins should not go to his heirs and partners because they are not members of a "recognized class."

The discrimination the set-aside license was meant to redress created obstacles for Frederick Fisher obtain it. This is Fisher’s story as he told oral historians in 2017, as he swore this year in his application and as he tells it now.

Louis Del Favero Orchids' latest lawsuit follows a September ruling by the 1st District Court of Appeal that sided with the Department of Health and upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a case filed by the company.

The state Department of Health issued an “intent to approve” for Terry Donnell Gwinn, who vied with 11 others for the opportunity to join the growing medical marijuana industry.

A dozen applicants are vying for a potentially lucrative license earmarked for a Black farmer who participated in decades-old litigation over discrimination in lending practices by the federal government.