TS Radio Network: The USDA Hour..Reform the Office of Civil Rights

Join Lawrence Lucas tonight, April 29, 2021. 

Emma Scott, Nathan Rosenberg and Bryce Stucki. At issue are the recent articles in Mother Jones regarding the systematic mistreatment of Black farmers and other minorities at the hand of USDA, that has occurred over decades. The focus now is on the Office of Civil Rights within the USDA. 

Harvard Food Law & Policy Clinic Calls on USDA to Reform Office Focused on Civil Rights

The “Machine That Eats Up Black Farmland”After decades of discriminating against Black farmers and ignoring their complaints, the USDA is promising to do better. Again. By: Kathryn Joyce, Nathan Rosenberg, and Bryce Stucki

Bio: Emma Scott

Emma Scott is a Clinical Instructor at the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic. Her work focuses on FLPC’s Sustainable and Equitable Food Production Initiative and the Clinic’s ongoing collaborations in the Mississippi Delta region as a member of the Delta Directions Consortium. Prior to joining FLPC, Emma served as a Justice Catalyst Fellow at California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation in the Labor and Civil Rights Litigation Unit, with a focus on group representation of agricultural workers in employment and labor litigation. She also served as a law clerk to the Hon. John A. Mendez of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California from September 2016 to August 2018. She is a licensed member of the California Bar.