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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 11: Rain falls on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) building on April 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump's administration is reportedly considering closing the USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C. following staff cuts after the Feb. 11 executive order to reduce the federal workforce. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
July 19, 2025
The USDA ends race and gender-based aid in key programs, citing Trump’s executive order; critics warn it strips support for…
thegrio, egg prices, USDA, bird flu
February 26, 2025
The high egg prices, which have more than doubled since before the outbreak began, cost consumers at least $1.4 billion…
USDA, the 1890 Scholars Program, the Department of Agriculture, HBCUs, Black colleges, Trump Administration, theGrio.com
February 26, 2025
The HBCU Scholars program was suspended last week as the Trump Administration continues to slash DEI efforts.
USDA, the 1890 Scholars Program, the Department of Agriculture, HBCUs, Black colleges, Trump Administration, theGrio.com
February 23, 2025
The USDA suspended the 1890 Scholars Program, which provided full tuition to students in agriculture, food, or natural resource science.
thegrio, SNAP benefits, junk food, HHS, USDA
February 19, 2025
Trump officials want to ban sugary drinks and processed foods from SNAP benefits, but past attempts have failed.
December 10, 2022
A class-action lawsuit seeks to pressure officials to restore funding that was dropped after white farmers filed challenged the program.
June 27, 2022
Before the pandemic, there was no room in the budget for Kate Murphy's children to buy lunch at school. She…
Curtis Means. theGrio.com
June 17, 2022
U.S. kids under the age of 5 years old — roughly 18 million youngsters — are eligible for the COVID-19…
June 1, 2022
Beverly Burkett and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Small Farm Program want to keep those Black farms in…
May 23, 2022
A military plane landed in Indianapolis from Europe Sunday as part of President Biden's "Operation Fly Formula" effort to ease…
May 3, 2022
"It speaks to the intergenerational wealth gap that opened up in part due to this type of land loss," says…
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Black farmer
March 15, 2022
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and members of a 15-member equity commission tell theGrio the USDA's aim is to redress the wrongs…
Black Farmer thegrio.com
October 13, 2021
The Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund say the government won't aggressively back the farmers' program.
August 15, 2021
Starting in October, average benefits for food stamps (or the SNAP program) will rise more than 25 percent above pre-pandemic…
July 5, 2021
Black farmers appear not to be fully confident in Biden’s efforts to fix the decades-long biased they continue to face.
July 1, 2021
Randy Moore makes history as the first Black leader to serve over the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service.
June 24, 2021
The program was already on a temporary hold due to a restraining order in a separate lawsuit from another white…
May 21, 2021
The support payments for minority farmers, expected to begin in early June, provide $4 billion for the USDA to pay…
food thegrio.com
April 21, 2021
This week the USDA announced its plans to expand school nutrition programs to all students across the country.
Black Farmer thegrio.com
March 13, 2021
"In order for us to have an equitable and a fair USDA, it's necessary for us to address that gap,"…