The ACRE Act would prohibit officials at the USDA from discriminating or providing preferential treatment to any person on the basis of race or sex.
Black leaders are testifying before Congress, and a report shows that just 0.1 percent of the Trump’s coronavirus money went to Black farmers.
The role of African Americans in shaping U.S. history cannot be over stated. Black history is American history, and it’s the history of U.S. agriculture.
Warnock spearheaded the inclusion of the Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color Act, which provides debt relief for Black farmers and other farmers of color.
Cargill has created a partnership to help dismantle racial inequities in agriculture, calling it the Black Farmer Equity Initiative.
The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture embraced new initiatives to address racial justice, hunger, and food worker protections.
2020 saw a national reckoning on American race relations, and the history of Black farmers became a key piece of the puzzle.
The scholarship welcomes Black and Indigenous MANRRS-registered students who are interested in sustainable agriculture to apply.
John Deere is assisting the Federation of Southern Cooperatives in addressing heirs’ property and with the Regional Heirs’ Property & Mediation Center.
With the help of Georgia congressmen, Sedrick Rowe founded the founded the Southwest Georgia Chapter of the National Young Farmers Coalition.