Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s recent executive order has established a unified approach to environmental justice, creating an Interagency Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Council to coordinate government efforts and maximize funding opportunities, while also acknowledging the disproportionate impact of climate change on frontline communities.
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3 Black Women Farmers Fighting Food Injustice
By Alexa Spencer Originally appeared in Word in Black Around the United States, hundreds of Black farmers have risen to the forefront of the food justice movement. Many harvest crops […]
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Biden Administration Responds to Crump Lawsuit
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) strongly supported the ARPA Section 1005 program and was ready to make payments to direct loan borrowers,” USDA officials said in a statement. “However, the $5 billion that was intended to help farmers was frozen by three nationwide injunctions that prevented USDA from getting payments out the door.
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Decades after Texas took part of its historic farm, a family fights again to save its land from a highway expansion
BY TIMIA COBB, Texas Tribune, texastribune.org With a cowboy hat atop her head and fresh flowers in hand, Rosalind Alexander-Kasparik walked from her family farm on a Tuesday afternoon this […]