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Stone, Sugar and Thor will help the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences expand its equestrian and therapeutic riding program.

'Happened in US 40 Years Ago': 87 US Farmers' Unions Speak Out for Indian Farmers' Protest "Reagan era furthered the farm crisis through deliberate federal policy changes, with systematic erosion of parity prices and other deregulatory efforts." Rakesh Tikait, president of Bharti Kisan Union, one of the largest farmers' unions, is helped to get onto a stage upon his arrival to attend a Maha Panchayat or grand village council meeting as part of a farmers' protest against farm laws at Kandela village in Jind district in the northern state of Haryana, India, February 3, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Dani...

Black farmers, civil rights advocates seething over Vilsack pick POLITICO 12/10/2020 © Alex Wong/Getty Images Tom Vilsack. President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to bring Tom Vilsack back to lead the Agriculture Department has enraged many farmers of color who say his record on civil rights should have disqualified him from the job. The criticism comes as Biden is under intense pressure to name a historically diverse Cabinet and expectations had been particularly high for USDA, which has been almost exclusively led by white men and systematically discriminated against farmers of color an...

President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to bring Tom Vilsack back to lead the Agriculture Department has enraged many farmers of color who say his record on civil rights should have disqualified him from the job. The criticism comes as Biden is under intense pressure to name a historically diverse Cabinet and expectations had been particularly high for USDA, which has been almost exclusively led by white men and systematically discriminated against farmers of color and women, giving them far less access to crucial federal programs since its inception in 1862. “Vilsack is not good for the agr...