Items Tagged with 'National Black Growers Council'

Regenerative agriculture incentive programs are reaching peanut growers in the southeast United States, promising lower emission benefits through a partnership with National Black Growers Council (NBGC), J.M. Smucker Co. and ADM.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is in Jefferson City, Mo., today to announce that USDA is ready to start taking applications for demonstration projects to help the department develop “climate-smart” products.

The House Agriculture Committee is working on a bill to help Black farmers increase their market share by providing tax incentives to suppliers to buy their products, committee chairman David Scott, D-Ga., said on a webinar Friday on diversity and inclusion in agriculture moderated by Agri-Pulse.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced plans Monday to assign a commission to study issues of equity in agriculture and also named key advisers for racial issues and market reform.

A wide variety of strong and talented black professionals are available for jobs in food, agriculture and USDA under the new Biden Administration, according to a new group.

Despite progress on gender diversity and ongoing outreach efforts to the black community, many in agriculture struggle to be more inclusive and racially diverse. Key black leaders explain why more effort is needed.