Articles Tagged with ''diversity''

The National FFA Organization’s CEO says its diversity and inclusion efforts are key facets of a new strategic plan and value statements currently guiding the group – moves that are critical not only for the health of the organization, but for American agriculture in search of its future workforce.

The Agriculture Department is stressing safety as it moves toward completing the transition of office staff back into their physical workplaces, Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh says in an Agri-Pulse Newsmakers interview.

The annual gathering of some of the most recognizable commodity groups in ag policy was perhaps as notable for what it didn’t include as what it did.

Smithfield Foods has announced the first participants of its contract grower program for Black and minority farmers.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack ripped into lawsuits challenging debt relief for minority producers in remarks released Wednesday, asking what those who are challenging the payments did to address previous instances of discrimination the program is meant to address.

The House Agriculture Committee is working on a bill to help Black farmers increase their market share by providing tax incentives to suppliers to buy their products, committee chairman David Scott, D-Ga., said on a webinar Friday on diversity and inclusion in agriculture moderated by Agri-Pulse.

Agri-Pulse announces all speakers for the "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Agriculture: Ideas for Improvement" webinar on Friday, April 23 at 11 am EDT.

In this opinion piece, Brandon Bell with Syngenta, dives in on Syngenta’s diversity and inclusion progress and explains how both are needed to foster innovation in the agriculture industry.

A new coalition of businesses has announced the formation of OneTen, an organization that aims to upskill, hire and promote 1 million Black Americans over the next 10 years.

A wide variety of strong and talented black professionals are available for jobs in food, agriculture and USDA under the new Biden Administration, according to a new group.