USDA’s DEI Purge: How Trump and Rollins Are Reshaping American Agriculture

USDA’s DEI Purge: How Trump and Rollins Are Reshaping American Agriculture

This story was originally published on Investigate Midwest.In Vicksburg, Mississippi, the south end of town near the municipal airport has no grocery stores, no food pantries. Mired in a federally recognized food desert, nearby families struggled to obtain healthy food. Then, in 2019, in a once-empty lot, a community garden sprouted. Families could pick their own blueberries, peas and okra.The nonprofit behind the garden, Shape Up Mississippi, a…

USDA's DEI Purge: How Trump and Rollins are reshaping American agriculture - Investigate Midwest

In Vicksburg, Mississippi, the south end of town near the municipal airport has no grocery stores, no food pantries. Mired in a federally recognized food desert, nearby families struggled to obtain healthy food. Then, in 2019, in a once-empty lot, a community garden sprouted. Families could pick their own blueberries, peas and okra. The nonprofit behind the garden, Shape Up Mississippi, aimed not only to address food insecurity in the predominan…