https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/bipoc-farm-debt-relief/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bipoc-farm-debt-relief Supporting the economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture, natural resources, and rural communities. Tue, 25 May 2021 19:53:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/bipoc-farm-debt-relief/#comment-1052863 Tue, 25 May 2021 19:53:56 +0000 https://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=54891#comment-1052863 Looking forward to hearing more about BIPOC farmers that do not have FSA loans. I am a young Mexican farmer that purchased my first piece of land last year. I went through a local financial institution and was advised to get a conventional land loan on the property. I hope that the USDA chooses to be more inclusive with this program and reach out to all BIPOC farmers regardless of loan type and help to create a stronger relationship between BIPOC farmers and the USDA. It can be a confusing process to get funding as a farmer and if you are not part of the right programs or know the right people, you can feel like you are being excluded from programs like this. But I am hopeful that the USDA will step up and advocate for all of us!

]]> https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/bipoc-farm-debt-relief/#comment-1051987 Sat, 08 May 2021 12:55:04 +0000 https://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=54891#comment-1051987 The USDA will disburse up to $4 billion in Biden-backed loan forgiveness to minority farmers as speedily as possible, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at the first-ever House Agriculture Committee hearing on the state of Black farmers.

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