In the United States, socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, for the purposes of USDA outreach and assistance, are defined under the 1990 farm bill as members of a socially disadvantaged group, which is defined to mean those whose identity in a group has subjected them to racial or ethnic prejudice without regard to their individual identity. For the purposes of loan eligibility, section 355(e) of the Con Act [1] ( 7 U.S.C. § 2003), adds gender to the definition of a socially disadvantaged group.
In 2021 the definition garnered renewed attention due to the American Rescue Plan. [2] [3] [4]
References
This article incorporates
public domain material from Jasper Womach.
Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition.
Congressional Research Service.
- ^ As amended by the Agricultural Credit Improvement Act of 1992, Pub. L. 102–554, § 21(b).
- ^ Martin, Michel; Doubek, James; Pierre, Jeffrey; Winston, Natalie (13 March 2021). "Black Farmers Have Long Faced Discrimination; New Aid Aims To Right Past Wrongs". All Things Considered.
- ^ Bittman, Mark (4 March 2021). "Black Farmers May Finally Get the Help They Deserve". Opinion. The New York Times.
- ^ McCaughey, Betsy (25 February 2021). "Biden's COVID relief bill is chock full of anti-white reverse racism". Opinion. New York Post.
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