Chair: Rep. Hellen Miller (IA)

1st Vice Chair: Rep. John Rogers (AL)

2nd Vice Chair: Sen. Maida Coleman (MO)

Policy Staff: Washington Linkage Group

MISSION STATEMENT

The National Black Caucus of State Legislators seeks to develop policies to encourage African American landholdings and land acquisitions in rural regions; promotes high quality research and teaching in the 1890 land grant universities with an emphasis on agriculture, biotechnology, environmental technology and rural economic development; works to encourage young people to seek careers in the fields of agriculture, biotechnology, environmental technology, and rural economic development; works to stop abuses of eminent domain and works to educate the African American community regarding the importance and relevance of its state’s rural communities, agriculture and its many components – nutrition, food stamp programs, energy, conservation, etc.

NBCSL Supports Black Farmers
NBCSL members have taken the lead in the fight for justice for black farmers. NBCSL has passed a number of resolutions in support of monetary compensation and other remedies for past discrimination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

RESOURCES AND USEFUL LINKS

Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association, Inc.

Castle Coalition

Environmental Working Group Report: Obstruction of Justice

National Black Farmers Association

Office of the Monitor Pigford vs. Glickman

U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Civil Rights Enforcement and Adjudication

National Conference of State Legislatures Agriculture and Rural Development Issues Overview

The 2007 Farm Bill

Congressional Committees

House Judiciary Committee
http://judiciary.house.gov

Senate Judiciary Committee
http://judiciary.senate.gov

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
http://agriculture.senate.gov

House Committee on Agriculture
http://agriculture.house.gov