Dr. Valerie Grim, Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies and CRRES Affiliate, was quoted in Harvest Public Media for her work on Black farmers. She notes how historical inequalities prevented Black farming families from securing the same loans that were granted to White farmers, resulting in an eventual class-action lawsuit. Grim explained, "One of the ways that many of the Black farmers fell behind and eventually lost land was because they could not get the loan in the first place," resulting in fewer Black-owned farms.