SANDSTONE, Minn. — Tucked away in the backwoods of Sandstone sits the 40 Acre Co-op. There, you'll find Angela Dawson, one of the few Black farmers in Minnesota. "We haven't found all of them. There's ...

USDA denied her loan application, citing a 10-year-old student loan payment as the reason, Dawson said. Her credit report erroneously showed a late payment, but Dawson insists the loan was in ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — In recent years there’s been a concerted effort by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and other organizations to reach and support the state’s emerging farmers. Groups like ...

"If I was going to get into farming, I was going to have to find another way to do it," Angela Dawson, the founder of 40 Acre Cooperative, says. Credit: 40 acre co-op You can't tell the story of ...