{"id":3162,"date":"2025-12-16T13:34:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/black-farmers-opt-out-of-trumps-12-billion-assistance-program-heres-why\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T13:34:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:34:44","slug":"black-farmers-opt-out-of-trumps-12-billion-assistance-program-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/black-farmers-opt-out-of-trumps-12-billion-assistance-program-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Farmers Opt Out of Trump\u2019s $12 Billion Assistance Program \u2014 Here\u2019s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n3rH6tlTX6c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Black farmers are reportedly opting out of Donald Trump\u2019s $12 billion agricultural assistance program, citing concerns over access, fairness, long-standing discrimination, and lack of trust in federal relief efforts. While the program was designed to support farmers affected by economic pressure and trade disruptions, critics argue that structural barriers and past USDA practices have made participation difficult or ineffective for many Black farmers. In this video, Lisa Cabrera breaks down why some farmers are refusing the aid, the historical context behind the decision, and what it reveals about race, agriculture policy, and economic survival in rural America.<\/p>\n<p>#BlackFarmers #USDA #FarmAssistance #Trump #AgriculturePolicy #EconomicInequality #RuralAmerica #CurrentEvents #LisaCabrera #NewsCommentary<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black farmers are reportedly opting out of Donald Trump\u2019s $12 billion agricultural assistance program, citing concerns over access,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hqdefault-243.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}