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February 3, 2023
U.S. agriculture officials on Friday proposed new nutrition standards for school meals, including the first limits on added sugars, with a...
May 3, 2022
"It speaks to the intergenerational wealth gap that opened up in part due to this type of land loss," says…
February 1, 2022
Alabama State University has been awarded $300,000 to support improved agricultural studies at the Montgomery HBCU.
November 8, 2013
RIDGEVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A top U.S. Agriculture Department official praised a South Carolina pilot program Thursday and said it…
October 31, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 47 million Americans who receive food stamps will see their benefits go down starting Friday,…
November 20, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Around half a dozen African-American farmers in Alabama are filing a class action lawsuit against the U.S.…
September 13, 2012
Shirley Sherrod, former Georgia state director for the USDA visited Starting Point Thursday morning to discuss her new book, 'The…