03/04/2021
Long overdue… "So a program that would pay off United States Department of Agriculture-guaranteed and direct farm loans and associated tax liabilities of Black, Indigenous, Hispanic and other farmers of color would not only be surprising, it would be historic. And yet it looks as though that may happen: Such a measure is included in the pandemic relief package wending its way through Congress."
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/opinion/black-farmers-covid-relief.html
A debt-relief program would be a step in repairing more than a century of discrimination by the Department of Agriculture.