By Jacqui Fatka
Farm Progress
Included in the American Rescue Plan as the latest round of COVID relief, Black farmers and other farmers of colors are eligible for loan forgiveness up to 120% on USDA direct and guaranteed loans. During a House Agriculture Committee hearing featuring testimony from Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Black farmers, Vilsack shares his plans on using allocated money from Congress in helping what he termed systemic racism at the agency for multiple decades.