Ava Cilia, Author at Farm Bill Law Enterprise

March 17, 2021

Ava Cilia In COVID-19, Student Series, USDA

Rescue Plan Includes Billions to Address Systemic Discrimination at USDA

Ava Cilia is a law student in the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic and guest contributor on this blog. Last week, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. The Plan includes historic provisions to address generations of systemic racism and discrimination towards “socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers” (SDFRs) by…

October 17, 2020

Ava Cilia In 2018 Farm Bill, Student Series

As Federal Government Fails to Move on Heirs’ Property, States and Local Advocates Step In

Ava Cilia is a law student in the Harvard Law School Food Law & Policy Clinic and guest contributor on this blog. Between 1910 and 1998 Black Americans lost about 90% of their farmland. Along with decades of notably racist practices by USDA, white supremacist violence, and the Great Migration, this disturbing trend is partially the result of the lack…