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Video: Black farmers weary as equity bill stalls in Congress

Video: Black farmers weary as equity bill stalls in Congress

by Ellie Skelly | Apr 2, 2024 | Featured, Politics

RUCKERSVILLE, Va. — Ralph Morton is a third-generation farmer in Virginia’s Greene County. His family are the only Black farmers in the area.  Both Morton’s father and grandfather experienced discrimination while trying to secure loans from the USDA’s Farm Service...

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