USDA Invests $33 Million Into HBCU Agricultural Programs
The USDA has been expanding its initiative known as the 1890 Land Grant Initiatives Program over the last several years....
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US Forest Service And 4 HBCUs Unite To Boost Representation In Wildland Firefighting
This partnership takes trainees deep into the forest....
First Black Woman Deputy Secretary at USDA, Leaving Department
Family is first for this trailblazer....
Black Farmers’ Arrest Brings Light to Racist Harassment from Neighbors
Reportedly, Black farmers in the United States lost around $326 billion worth of land in the 20th century, which contributed to the racial wealth gap...
Sens. Cory Booker, Raphael Warnock Introduce Bills To Help Minority Farmers
Sens. Cory Booker and Rev. Raphael Warnock have each introduced bills to close equity gaps ad improve diversity within food and agricultural policy...
The Truth Behind USDA’s Eligibility Changes to Food Stamps
Last week, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) introduced changes to the eligibility rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—more commonly known as...
[WATCH] Higher Turkey Prices Gobbling Up Thanksgiving Budgets
The AFBF survey shopping list includes turkey, bread stuffing, sweet potatoes, rolls with butter, peas, cranberries, a relish tray of carrots and celery, pumpkin pie...
USDA Chief Offers Emotional Apology to CBC Over Sherrod
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsak participated in an emotionally charged meeting with several members of the Congressional Black Caucus Wednesday evening during which he was asked...
Shirley Sherrod: A Rush to Judgment?
In the last 24 hours, Shirley Sherrod has gone from being portrayed as a racist government official, vilified by conservatives, liberals, and the White House,...
Reverse Racism or Hatchet Job?
In this highly polemic society, people/groups will too often resort to any mean necessary to try to prove their point. Once the NAACP called out...