Gardens 4 Humanity

After decades of longstanding racism in the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) loan programs, Black farmers stand to lose their farms, land and livelihoods after a temporary injunction halted an estimated $4 billion in debt relief passed by Congress as part of the American Rescue Act. Today the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Public Counsel, and pro bono counsel Winston & Strawn LLP, filed an intervention motion on behalf of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund (the Federation). The motion was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Miller v. Vilsack.

Black farmers file intervention in Texas court WASHINGTON -- After decades of longstanding racism in the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) loan programs, Black farmers stand to lose their farms, land...

U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced $4.7 million to establish partnerships with organizations to provide outreach and technical assistance to historically underserved farmers and ranchers. These partnerships will support participation in Farm Service Agency programs, including those that are part of USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative. Learn more: https://go.usa.gov/xMGW9

Maine's Somali Bantus Are Reenvisioning American Farming The farmers of the Little Jubba agrarian commons are replanting what was once uprooted.

"During the pandemic, the farm hubs of the Bronx have again proved their might, producing health-boosting crops like garlic, kale and collard greens. “The trick is, how can we learn from the pandemic so that we become genuinely resilient?” says Raymond Figueroa-Reyes, president of the New York City Community Garden Coalition."

Power in seeds: Urban gardening gains momentum in pandemic NEW YORK (AP) -- On an assemblage of vacant lots and other pockets of unused land in the Bronx, gardeners from low-income neighborhoods have banded...