NSAC’s 2023 Farm Bill Platform: Advancing Racial Equity Across the Food System
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth post in our series covering key pillars of NSAC’s 2023 Farm Bill Platform. The series begins here. You can read the platform and take action to endorse it here.
Longstanding structural and institutional racism has excluded black, Indigenous and people of color, (BIPOC) from fair access to land, financial resources, information, political standing, and educational and professional opportunities. During the last several years, Congress has passed, and the USDA has implemented numerous policies and initiatives designed to repair harms and prevent future discrimination. For example, the USDA has launched an Equity Commission, part of the USDA’s Equity Action Plan, in part to determine how the Department and its programs may “exacerbate or perpetuate racial, economic, health and social disparities.” Congress has also recently passed initiatives in the …
