{"id":2583441,"date":"2026-03-24T17:36:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T21:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usda-cuts-300m-dei-program-for-nonprofits-and-tribes-report\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T17:44:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T21:44:55","slug":"usda-cuts-300m-dei-program-for-nonprofits-and-tribes-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usda-cuts-300m-dei-program-for-nonprofits-and-tribes-report\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA cuts $300M DEI program for nonprofits and tribes: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Department of Agriculture has canceled the Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program, a roughly $300 million initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan Act that supported about 50 projects nationwide in 2023 under five-year contracts to help underserved, minority, and tribal farmers access land.<\/p>\n<p>The program distributed grants to nonprofits and tribal partners that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-study-more-cancers-linked-to-tainted-water-at-camp-lejeune\/\" title=\"CDC Study: Camp Lejeune Water Tied to Increased Cancer Cases\">provided technical assistance<\/a>, financing, and education to facilitate land ownership for these farmers.<\/p>\n<p>The cancellation is part of a broader USDA policy shift under Secretary brooke Rollins to scale back or eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion DEI initiatives, with officials arguing that taxpayer dollars should be directed more directly to farmers and core agricultural priorities.<\/p>\n<p>Advocates warn that removing these programs could reduce land access for historically disadvantaged farmers,citing the agency\u2019s history of discrimination against minority farmers and settlements like Pigford v. glickman.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes amid additional USDA cuts and reviews, including more than $1 billion in programs that helped schools and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >food banks buy local farm products<\/a>, and examinations of conservation projects tied to climate and equity goals, as part of a wider rollback of DEI initiatives according to reporting in Politico.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div 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href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/03\/24\/usda-cancels-program-help-farmers-buy-land-00841948\">assisting underserved farmers<\/a> with land access, was canceled as part of a broader effort by the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"339\">Trump administration<\/a> to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion spending within federal agencies, according to reporting by <em>Politico<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4502000\/trump-likely-not-happy-dhs-funding-deal\/\">Trump says he likely won&#8217;t be happy with DHS funding deal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4501966\/trump-says-vance-and-rubio-involved-with-iran-talks\/\">Trump says Vance and Rubio are &#8216;involved&#8217; in 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back or eliminate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dei\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3088\">DEI<\/a>-related programs and grants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since 2025, USDA has terminated or reviewed hundreds of millions of dollars in awards tied to diversity or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buyers-of-six-figure-bentley-hybrid-can-collect-7500-in-tax-credits\/\" title=\"Buyers of Six-Figure Bentley Hybrid Can Collect ,500 in Tax Credits\">climate-related initiatives<\/a>, arguing the programs divert resources from farmers and impose ideological priorities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The canceled initiative was designed to help farmers navigate the costly process of acquiring land, often through partnerships with nonprofit groups and tribal organizations that provide technical assistance, financing support, and education.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Such programs are often viewed as critical for new and historically disadvantaged farmers seeking to enter or expand in agriculture, where land ownership remains a major barrier to wealth-building.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The USDA has a documented history of discrimination against minority farmers, including black farmers who were denied loans and subsidies for decades, contributing to significant land loss. Settlements such as the landmark <em>Pigford v. Glickman<\/em> case acknowledged systemic bias within the agency, particularly in the loan process for black farmers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Farming groups and advocacy organizations have warned that pulling funding from nonprofit groups and tribal partners will reduce land access and hurt communities that rely on small farmers, at a time when many small farmers are already struggling with rising costs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4501596\/trump-product-of-usa-campaign-meat-poultry-egg-products\/\"><strong>TRUMP ADMIN ROLLS OUT &lsquo;PRODUCT OF USA&rsquo; CAMPAIGN FOR AMERICAN MEAT, POULTRY, AND EGG PRODUCTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The administration, however, has defended the broader rollback of DEI initiatives as necessary to refocus federal spending on what it describes as core agricultural priorities. The USDA previously said it aims to ensure taxpayer dollars are used directly to support farmers rather than intermediary programs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The decision follows other recent USDA cuts, including the cancellation of more than $1 billion in programs that helped schools and food banks purchase food from local farms, and the review of hundreds of millions of dollars in conservation projects tied to climate and equity goals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USDA ends $300M DEI land-access program<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2583442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25267500541821.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[16574,76480,16020,14747,19013],"class_list":["post-2583441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-dei","tag-funding-cuts-2","tag-nonprofits","tag-tribes","tag-usda"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25267500541821.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2583441"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583445,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583441\/revisions\/2583445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2583442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2583441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2583441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2583441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}