March 22, 2022
How a $266 Million Fund Aims to Help Native American Farmers
Author: Hadassah Patterson
From a dramatically changing food retail landscape to worker shortages and supply chain issues, the agricultural industry was hit hard by COVID-19. But many Native and Indigenous agricultural producers have also been fighting the impact of discrimination long before 2020.
According to a 2010 lawsuit, Native Americans in the agriculture industry were denied access for decades to low-interest government loans that white farmers were provided, according to NPR. The federal government agreed to pay ...