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Tag: U.S. Department of Agriculture

man standing on a rock
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion

JEALOUS: Nature is for ALL of Us

by WI Web EditorJune 5, 2024June 5, 2024

Rodney Smith, a Black man who initially thought hiking and gardening were activities for white people, found healing and connection in nature and now works with the Tiger Mountain Foundation to empower communities through shared-use community gardens.

group white and black cow
Posted inFactCheck.org, Health

Q&A on H5N1 Bird Flu

by WI Web EditorMay 4, 2024May 6, 2024
**FILE** African-American farmer examining irrigation system. (Photo by: Edwin Remsburg/VW Pics via Getty Images)
Posted inBlack Experience, National

White Farmer Wins Temporary Halt to Federal Relief Payments for Minority Farmers

by WI Guest AuthorJune 25, 2021December 21, 2021
Courtesy of Pexels
Posted inCommunity

D.C. Children in Rental Housing Are Food-Insecure: Report

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff WriterSeptember 2, 2020December 21, 2021
Courtesy of USDA via Twitter
Posted inEducation, Local

D.C. Seeks Summer Food Service Program Sponsors

by WI Guest AuthorFebruary 4, 2020December 21, 2021
Black farmers are struggling to hold on to their land as a result of long-standing bias from the USDA against black farmers. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inBlack Experience, Business

Black Farmers’ Descendants Continue Struggle for Farmland

by WI Guest AuthorJuly 31, 2019December 21, 2021
The loss of Black farmland has had a profound impact on rural black communities, which today suffer from severe economic challenges, among them a poverty rate twice that of rural white communities. (iStockphoto/NNPA)
Posted inBlack Experience, Business, Stacy M. Brown

Structural Racism Eliminated Black Farmers: Report

by WI Guest AuthorApril 8, 2019October 31, 2020
Hubert Hamer
Posted inNational

USDA Prods Farmers to Participate in Agriculture Census

by Stacy M. BrownDecember 13, 2017October 31, 2020
D.C. Public Schools aim to make sure that lunch shaming doesn't occur. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inEducation, Local

D.C. Schools Say No to Lunch Shaming

by Stacy M. BrownMay 17, 2017October 30, 2020
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue eats lunch with students at Catoctin Elementary School in Leesburg, Va. (Courtesy of USDA)
Posted inHealth

Trump Administration Curtails Obama School-Meal Initiative

by WI Guest AuthorMay 3, 2017October 30, 2020

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