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The USDA has a long and well-documented history of ... any necessary assistance," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement. ... receive their DFAP payments in early 2024.
Applications close Jan. 13 for the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program — a $2.2 billion program for farmers who faced USDA discrimination.
The Biden administration has doled out more than $2 billion in direct payments for Black and other minority farmers discriminated against by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the president ...
The USDA Coalition of Minority Employees is a civil rights organization formed by employees of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1994 specifically focused on ending discrimination within the Department and more generally on eradicating racism in agriculture in the United States. [2] [3]
Section 2501(e)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 defines a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher as a member of a socially disadvantaged group. The USDA identifies these groups to include, but not be limited to, African Americans, American Indians, Alaskan Natives, Asians, Hispanics, and Pacific Islanders. [5]
Executive Order 13988, officially titled Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation, was the fourth executive order signed by U.S. President Joe Biden on January 20, 2021.
Section 22007 of the Inflation Reduction Act authorized $2.2 billion in financial assistance to farmers and ranchers who experienced discrimination in USDA farm loan programs prior to Jan. 1, 2021 ...
In 2008 hundreds of black farmers, denied a chance to have their cases heard in the Pigford settlement, filed a new lawsuit against USDA. [24] Later in 2008, the GAO issued a new report sharply critical of the USDA's handling of discrimination complaints. [25] The GAO recommended an oversight review board to examine civil rights complaints. [26]