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Black people own just 2 percent of farmland in the United States. A decades-long history of loan denials at the USDA is a major reason why.

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iStock: simazoran Congress could pass as early as today one of the most sweeping relief programs for minority farmers in the nation’s history, through a provision of President Biden’s pandemic stimulus bill. Although the landmark legislation, which would cancel $4 billion worth of debt, seemed to emerge out of nowhere, it actually is the result of more than 20 years of organizing by Black farmers. The Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color Act will forgive 120% of the value of loans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, or from private lenders and guaranteed by the USDA, to “B...