As banks and white farmers fight debt relief for Black farmers, a couple possible lifelines might emerge [via CivilEats]
and was one of the organizations that led the June amicus brief.
83-year-old farmer Glenn Morris harvests corn in Princeton, Indiana. Morris is one of two full-time black farmers who still farm in Lyles Station, a region of Indiana once dominated by Black farmers.In 1920, 14 percent of the farmers in America were Black; by 2017, that number had shrunk to less than 2 percent.“Without a specific racial equity lens, our country runs the risk of maintaining the status quo, which has not been adequately addressed by our laws or our courts to date,” Davy said.
At the same time, Davy says she’s encouraged by mounting evidence that the USDA is operating with a new racial equity focus.a five-page document
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