The USDA is investing $50 million to support historically underserved farmers and ranchers with climate-smart agriculture and forestry.
Terry Cosby, chief of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, says the USDA is committed to revising programs to remove barriers and end discrimination.
“When we talk about historically underserved, we’re talking about beginning, veteran, socially disadvantaged, and limited resource farmers—folks that really need access to assistance and programs,” he says. “The message we’re trying to get out is that if people have information, they can act on it.”
The Racial Justice and Equity Conservation Cooperative Agreements are available for two-year projects that expand delivery of conservation assistance.
