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Pointing the Farm Bill toward Racial Justice Climate Justice = Racial Justice = Food Justice = Farm Justice

Pointing The Farm Bill toward Racial Justice is an ongoing project under ARPC's Climate, Land, and Environmental Justice focus area. It is rooted in commitment to ethical, reciprocal collaborations with community partners.

The 2024 Pointing the Farm Bill toward Racial Justice toolkit was created by the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund (FSC/LAF) and AU's Antiracist Research & Policy Center as an educational tool for farmers and landowners of color, racial justice advocates, and policymakers. The multimedia document - which includes links to videos and podcasts throughout - provides an overview of the Farm Bill and each of its 12 titles. It looks at the omnibus legislation's racialized implications and opportunities for moving beyond the discrimination that Black, indigenous, and other farmers of color have historically faced, and toward racial justice. It also offers opportunities for deeper and more transformational change in future Farm Bill cycles.

The toolkit comes out of the 2023 Pointing the Farm Bill toward Racial Justice Summit, hosted at AU's Airlie Farm, Capitol Hill, and Eaton DC, which itself marked a culmination of the FSC/LAF Advocacy Institute's two year Farm Bill listening sessions with member farmers, foresters, landowners, and cooperatives. It centers the expertise and lived experience of Federation members, as well as the analysis collectively constructed at the summit on issues ranging from climate justice, food system resilience, fair prices, food sovereignty, trade, land tenure, credit, and farm labor rights. 

Additional toolkit and summit partners include the Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research Center at Alcorn State University and the Berkeley Food Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. Additional experts speaking at the summit, referenced, and linked to in the videos included in the toolkit hail from Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, National Black Food and Justice Alliance, National Family Farm Coalition, Intertribal Agriculture Council, Rural Coalition, and many more.

For more information

Access all summit recordings and stay tuned for future resources on the Farm Bill Fairness site (by ARPC Faculty Affiliate, SIS Provost Associate Professor, and Summit Co-Convenor Dr. Garrett Graddy-Lovelace).

Antiracist Research and Policy Center

Senate Briefing

This collection of videos comes fro the 2023 Pointing the Farm Bill Toward Racial Justice Summit and the Senate briefing that immediately followed. The event was hosted by the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund, ARPC, Berkeley Food Institute, and other partners.

Videos in this playlist

To play a specific video, use the playlist icon in the player or view each video on YouTube.

  1. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Opening Remarks & Heirs’ Property, Land Access, and Credit (Title V) of The Farm Bill

  2. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Misc. (Title XII) 1890 Land Grant Universities / Research and Extension (Title VII) of The Farm Bill

  3. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Land Access & Credit (Title V) of The Farm Bill

  4. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Credit (Title V) of The Farm Bill

  5. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Commodities and Disaster Aid (Title I) & Crop Insurance (Title XI) of The Farm Bill

  6. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Q+A Pointing The Farm Bill Towards Racial Justice 2023

  7. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Day 1: –Welcome Remarks

  8. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Day 1: Recap of Advocacy Institute Listening Sessions

  9. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Day 1: Truth and Racial Healing Grounding Discussion

  10. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Day 1: Overview of the summit

  11. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Day 1: Black Farmer Art Photo Exhibit

  12. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Day 1: Facilitated Discussion I – Excluded Communities

  13. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Day 1: Facilitated Discussion II – Racial Equity Definitions

  14. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Day 1: Farm Labor and the Farm Bill (summarizing Alianza's April Convencia)

  15. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Day 1: Closing Remarks & Gratitude

  16. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Day 2: Welcome Remarks

  17. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Day 2: Farm Bill Introduction- Commodities Title

  18. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Day 2: Farm Bill Discussion 2- Trade and Nutrition Titles

  19. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Day 2: Pointing the Trade and Research Titles toward Racial Justice, Agroecology, & Solidarity

  20. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Day 2: Farm Bill Discussion 3- Credit and Rural Development Titles

  21. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Day 2: Horticulture and Crop Insurance Titles; Research & Extension; & Miscellaneous Titles

  22. Antiracist Research and Policy Center

    Day 2: Closing Remarks

Center for Environment, Community, and Equity, AU

Farm Bill Summit

Videos in this playlist

To play a specific video, use the playlist icon in the player or view each video on YouTube.

  1. Center for Environment, Community, and Equity, AU

    Day 1: –Welcome Remarks

  2. Center for Environment, Community, and Equity, AU

    Day 1: Recap of Advocacy Institute Listening Sessions

  3. Center for Environment, Community, and Equity, AU

    Day 1: Truth and Racial Healing Grounding Discussion

  4. Center for Environment, Community, and Equity, AU

    Day 1: Overview of the summit

  5. Center for Environment, Community, and Equity, AU

    Day 1: Black Farmer Art Photo Exhibit

  6. Center for Environment, Community, and Equity, AU

    Day 1: Facilitated Discussion I – Excluded Communities

  7. Center for Environment, Community, and Equity, AU

    Day 1: Facilitated Discussion II – Racial Equity Definitions

  8. Center for Environment, Community, and Equity, AU

    Day 1: Farm Labor and the Farm Bill (summarizing Alianza's April Convencia)

  9. Center for Environment, Community, and Equity, AU

    Day 1: Closing Remarks & Gratitude

  10. Center for Environment, Community, and Equity, AU

    Day 2: Welcome Remarks

  11. Center for Environment, Community, and Equity, AU

    Day 2: Farm Bill Introduction- Commodities Title

  12. Center for Environment, Community, and Equity, AU

    Day 2: Farm Bill Discussion 2- Trade and Nutrition Titles

  13. Center for Environment, Community, and Equity, AU

    Day 2: Pointing the Trade and Research Titles toward Racial Justice, Agroecology, & Solidarity

  14. Center for Environment, Community, and Equity, AU

    Day 2: Farm Bill Discussion 3- Credit and Rural Development Titles

  15. Center for Environment, Community, and Equity, AU

    Day 2: Horticulture and Crop Insurance Titles; Research & Extension; & Miscellaneous Titles

  16. Center for Environment, Community, and Equity, AU

    Day 2: Closing Remarks