evidence: Although there were nearly 1 million Black farmers in the United States in 1920, there are now fewer than 50,000 remaining. "There is a direct connection between discriminatory USDA policies and the enormous land loss we have seen among Black farmers over the past century," said Senator Cory Booker (NJ), who first introduced the Justice for Black Farmers Act in 2020. The United States Department of Agriculture has a long history of discriminatory behavior, exposed in a class action lawsuit 1997, when Timothy Pigford and 400 Black farmers charged the agency with discrimination when distributing loans. The case ended in one of the largest civil rights settlements in United States history, but racist practices unfortunately continued. [...] Through the Justice for Black Farmers Act, an Equitable Land Access Service would be created within the USDA. This would include a fund that devotes $8 billion annually to buying farmland and granting it to new and existing Black farmers, with a projected goal of making 20,000 grants per year over nine years.