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States including New York, Kentucky, Arizona and others are asking a judge to order the Agriculture Department to resume SNAP…
Fudge, the Ohio congresswoman and longtime member of the House Agriculture Committee, chairs its subcommittee overseeing USDA operations.
In the 1980s, black farmers began their legal battle against the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Litigation that began nearly 30…
theGRIO VIDEO - Black farmers now make up just one percent of the entire American farmer population...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tom Vilsack said that Sherrod did agree to work with the agency in a consulting capacity in…
Despite being fired, Shirley Sherrod still believes in America and the promise of a multiracial society living in harmony, but…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite broad support, legislation to finalize $4.6 billion in settlements with black farmers and American Indians stalled…
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - For his part, Obama has ordered a more patient, deliberative style of governance from his aides…
OPINION - Even as Vilsack loftily intoned about clamping down on racial discrimination at the USDA, Congress again stonewalled the…
WASHINGTON (AP) - A $1.25 billion settlement between black farmers and the Agriculture Department is at risk of unraveling after…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration has reached a deal with black farmers that could end a years-long stalemate over…