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By: John Zippert, Co-Publisher The Network of Black Farm Organizations has responded to a 5,000 word investigative article published in the New York Times on April 26 which charges widespread fraud in the settlement of the initial $1 billion Black farmers discrimination lawsuit (Pigford I) against USDA. The article, by Sharon LaFraniere, entitled “Federal Spigot [...]
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on Monday, September 24, 2012 that Hispanic and women farmers and ranchers who allege discrimination by the USDA in past decades can file claims between September 24, 2012 and March 25, 2013. “Hispanic and women farmers who believe they have faced discriminatory practices from the USDA must file a claim [...]
The Network of Farm Groups and Advocates has asked Federal Judge Paul Friedman to extend the Pigford II claims period in the Black Farmers Class Action lawsuit by 90 days past the current May 11, 2012 deadline The seven groups led by the Federation of Southern Cooperatives sent the presiding judge in the case a [...]
By: John Zippert, Co-Publisher, Greene County Democrat Epes, Alabama; March 23, 2012: “Time is running out for Black farmers who want to make a claim in the Pigford II – Black Farmers Class Action Discrimination Lawsuit against the U. S. Department of Agriculture. As of Friday, March 30, there will only be six weeks [...]
The Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund celebrated its 43rd Annual Meeting this past weekend in Birmingham and at the organization’s Rural Training and Research Center at Epes, Alabama. On Saturday, August 21, Shirley Sherrod, a former Federation staff member and recently dismissed Georgia State Director of USDA Rural Development and Ben Jealous, [...]
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