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How the relief law narrows equity gap for farmers of color

Clip: 3/16/2021 | 6m 26sVideo has Closed Captions

How the economic relief law narrows the equity gap for farmers of color

The COVID relief and economic package is a massive bill that has a far-reaching impact in ways that many Americans don't know about yet. One provision calls for debt relief for Black farmers, who have long been denied access to government funding. John Boyd, a fourth-generation farmer in Virginia and president of the National Black Farmers Association, joins Lisa Desjardins to discuss.

03/16/2021

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