Source: Michelle Mackonochie, WRAL, 6/27/21

Debt relief funding for Black farmers is hanging in the balance as judges have granted a temporary injunction after lawsuits claim the funding meant to help farmers is racially discriminatory. ”We won’t give up the fight," said Gary Grant, president of the Black Farmers and Agriculturist Association. The fight, in this case, is to get debt relief funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA was to provide $4 billion to pay off direct loans to farmers of color. It’s all part of the Biden administration's COVID-19 pandemic relief plan.

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