The "socially disadvantaged" label was created in the 1990 Farm Bill to identify farmers impacted by historical and systemic ...

Department ends consideration of DEI criteria like race and gender in agriculture agencies. The USDA recently announced that ...

"Federal DEI funding cuts threaten the work of the few remaining Black farmers in East Texas" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan ...

Lloyd Wright isn’t shocked that the United States Department of Agriculture is reversing a 35-year-old policy meant to help ...

It’s the latest setback for the longstanding REAP program, casting uncertainty over the future of a resource that helps ...

President Donald Trump has vowed to dismantle the Education Department using executive action. Three education policy experts explain how his plan could work.

Blending livelihood strategies based on what works at different times in specific environments has been key to human survival ...

The USDA has stopped considering race and gender in its farm loans and benefit programs. USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins confirmed the policy shift, following directives from the administration aimed at ...

President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) Public Law No: 119-21 (The OBBB Act). The ...

The federal government abruptly canceled funding for Climate Smart Agriculture in April. The move cut millions of dollars for ...