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NBFA PRESS RELEASE The NBFA has received many phone calls from farmers with questions about a new Black Farmers discrimination suit against the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”). NBFA also understands that farmers are being told by other organizations that they must send money to preserve their rights to participate in the suit. Because of the sheer number of calls NBFA has received, NBFA wants to clarify exactly what is going on, and to caution all farmers against paying any money to any organization claiming that there is a chance for black farmers who failed to participate in Pigford 1 or Pigford 2 to participate in a new suit. Misleading statements made to the news media have resulted in the press inaccurately reporting that a new wave of black farmer cases are being litigated in federal court. Because of the confusion surrounding this issue, and because farmers are being asked to send money to participate in these claims, NBFA asked its attorneys to review the relevant pleadings in a case called: Estate of Earnest Lee Boyland, et al v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, et al, (D.C. Cir. No. 17-5082). According to NBFA’s attorneys, the plaintiffs in Boyland filed a litigation under the 2009 Farm Bill to obtain a portion of money that had been set aside to settle the claims of latino and women farmers. The lower court dismissed this claim on March 26, 2017. The plaintiff appealed the dismissal this past July, and the parties will not begin briefing their arguments until March 2, 2018. The final brief will be filed on May 7, 2018 and presumably oral argument will be held this summer. Much has been made of a ruling the Appeals Court handed down in November of 2017, where the Court denied the USDA’s motion for “summary affirmance” and allowed the plaintiff/appellant’s appeal to proceed. In fact, Thomas Burrell, an organizer based in Memphis, was quoted as saying the ruling was a “monumental decision…It vindicates our movement, it vindicates our organization." However, NBFA’s attorneys have explained that “summary affirmance” is rarely granted in an appeal, and rarely even tried. This motion for “summary affirmance” was simply the USDA asking the Court to rule that plaintiffs’ claims were so clearly without merit that further deliberation should not be necessary. All the Appeals Court did was to deny this motion and order that the normal deliberation process be followed. This ruling is hardly monumental, and the chances of the black farmers winning this appeal are, according to NBFA’s attorneys, extremely low. This appeal is worth following in the coming months, as it could possibly have an effect on members of the black farming community. However, with the chances of success being so remote, NBFA encourages black farmers at this time to refrain from paying money to participate in an application process that does not yet exist, and in all likelihood will never exist. For more information please call the Claims Administrator at 1-(877) 810-8110 or visit the official website: www.BlackFarmerCase.com. /s/ Dr. John Wesley Boyd, Jr., Founder and President NBFA 68 Wind Road Baskerville, VA 23915

Please share with others who you think would be interested in participating. Webinar on EPA Policy on Environmental Justice for Working with Federally Recognized Tribes and Indigenous Peoples & EJ SCREEN - EPA’s Environmental Justice Screening Tool October 19, 2017 The USEPA Office of Environmental Justice and USEPA Region 10 EJ Program are hosting a webinar to provide an overview of the EPA Policy on Environmental Justice for Working with Federally Recognized Tribes and Indigenous Peoples (Tribal/Indigenous EJ Policy) & the EPA’s environmental justice screening tool –EJSCREEN. Through this webinar, EPA seeks to expand the awareness and understanding of federally recognized tribes, other indigenous peoples, states and other interested stakeholders about this Policy and this tool in order to promote their use and identify opportunities for coordination and collaboration to advance environmental justice. Scope and Focus of the Tribal/Indigenous EJ Policy - The Policy focuses on EPA’s work with federally recognized tribes, state recognized tribes, tribal members, indigenous community-based/grassroots organizations, Native Hawaiians, individual Native Americans, and others living in Indian country. The Policy also discusses EPA’s work with other federal agencies, state agencies, and other interested groups on addressing environmental justice concerns. EJSCREEN - is an environmental justice mapping and screening tool that provides EPA with a nationally consistent dataset and approach for combining environmental and demographic indicators. The webinar will be held on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time for interested parties. The Adobe Connect link is: http://epawebconferencing.acms.com/tribalindigenousejpolicy-ejscreen/ Conference call number: 1-866-299-3188, access code 202-564-2576#. Information on the Tribal/Indigenous EJ Policy and EJSCREEN can be found at: Tribal/Indigenous EJ Policy -http://epawebconferencing.acms.com/tribalindigenousejpolicy-ejscreen/ EJSCREEN - http://epawebconferencing.acms.com/tribalindigenousejpolicy-ejscreen/ Thanks!