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USDA, States Must Act Swiftly to Deliver Food Assistance Allowed ...

The provision took effect April 1 and requires no additional waivers or guidance from USDA. ... Under previously existing authority, states can ...

Black Farmers Celebrate "Historic" $2 Billion Payout for ... - YouTube

... USDA's farm loan programs. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has documented how USDA administrators routinely denied loans to Black ...

3 Reasons Why USDA Shouldn't Give Special Aid to Farmers Hit by ...

3 Reasons Why USDA Shouldn't Give Special Aid to Farmers Hit by Tariffs · 2. Inappropriately picking winners and losers. · 3. Duplicative payments ...

COVID-19, U.S. Agriculture, and USDA's Coronavirus Food ...

On April 17, 2020, Secretary of Agriculture Perdue announced the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), valued at $19 billion, to provide ...

Issues in Food Security: Food Security and Food Aid Distribution

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Timeline: Black farmers and the USDA | Environmental Working Group

1995. The U.S. General Accounting Office, or GAO, report finds the USDA fails to address racial discrimination. DOWNLOAD DOCUMENT.

USDA unveils $19 billion aid plan for farmers, food industry - Roll Call

Perdue is likely to come under scrutiny over fairness in distributing billions of dollars in direct payments to a cross section of farmers and ...

USDA Aid Initiative: Pandemic Assistance for Producers

The assistance offered by USDA through the previous spending measures relieved many producers from financial stress, but some producers did not ...

National Black Caucus of State Legislators Urges Black Farmers to ...

The prior discrimination consisted of being denied government loans, emergency or disaster assistance, and other aid, which caused many Black ...

Historically denied 'pivotal' loans, Black farmers still struggle to get ...

Historically denied 'pivotal' loans, Black farmers still struggle to get support ... USDA or at a private lender. He says the key is to ...

USDA Announces Details of Direct Assistance to Farmers through ...

Beginning May 26, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), through the Farm Service Agency (FSA), will be accepting applications from ...

Overview of Federal Disaster Assistance - FEMA Training

The Food and Nutrition Service is an agency within the U.S. Department of. Agriculture (USDA) that oversees two major disaster assistance programs: food coupons ...

Black farmers in Florida grapple with USDA aid, land challenges

In a move to address historical injustices, the Biden administration announced $2 billion dollars in direct payments for Black and minority ...

Farmers who faced USDA discrimination receive 'historic' $2B payout

Even today, minority farmers find themselves locked out of funding. A 2022 NPR analysis found that the USDA rejected loans for Black farmers ...

Black farmers ask courts to add heirs in discrimination relief program

Nearly half of Black applicants were rejected for loans provided directly by the USDA in fiscal year 2022. Loan rejection rates fell to 43% for ...

Black Land Loss in the United States - FoodPrint

... USDA, devoting resources to amending current practices and providing settlements to resolve past cases in which Black farmers were denied aid.

These 15 GOP-led states are rejecting summer food aid for children

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Wednesday that nearly 21 million children will receive expanded grocery benefits this ...

Tag Archive for: USDA Section 502 - Housing Assistance Council

Data from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) on its Guaranteed Home Loan product signals that rural homebuyers hit the brakes in 2022 as well. In the last ...

Federal Court Rules on USDA ERP Relief for Socially ...

In USDA's 2022 Emergency Relief Program, the ag department implemented a progressive payment factor that capped aid payments for producers who ...

USDA's Coronavirus Food Assistance Program: Round Two (CFAP-2)

Under CFAP-1, USDA required recipients to provide demonstrable economic damage from either a price decline (mid-January to mid-April) or ...