USDA’s End of Diversity Efforts in Farm Programs Will Mean ‘Less Food for the Community’ - IPM Newsroom

USDA’s end of diversity efforts in farm programs will mean ‘less food for the community’ - IPM Newsroom

Illinois Newsroom - The U.S. Department of Agriculture will no longer take a farmer’s race or gender into consideration for many of its loans and benefit programs. The post USDA’s end of diversity efforts in farm programs will mean ‘less food for the community’ appeared first on IPM Newsroom.

Small Farms, Food Businesses to Lose Vital USDA Support

DAVIS, Calif. — Apryl Sims was excited to sell 100 bottles of her cold-pressed, fruit and vegetable-based juices to a local store in South Los Angeles. Sims, the owner of Apryl’s Life in a Bottle, received marketing advice from Diaspora Groceries, which helped complete a business plan and refine her product pitch to bring vitamin-rich beverages to urban food deserts. With support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Southwest Regional Food Bu…