The LEAP Coalition, a partnership between John Deere, the National Black Growers Council and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, is working to address Black farmers losing their land because of heirs’ property.
Heirs’ property is the ownership of land split between multiple parties because the previous landowner didn’t leave a legal will. LEAP Coalition Manager Tharlyn Fox.
“The impact of that is that they’re not able to use that land as collateral to secure a loan nor are they able to take part in any government initiatives,” she said.
