{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-farm-report.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Face2ee68-ace2ee68","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Episode 122: The Federation of Southern Cooperatives","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/3b6c5d/3b6c5d90-002b-4420-965f-9abdf8f58f4c/ca14d3cb-7a9b-4cb2-a51c-da733d0f972e/1458154987artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/ca14d3cb-7a9b-4cb2-a51c-da733d0f972e\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Episode 122: The Federation of Southern Cooperatives\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"This week on The Farm Report, Erin Fairbanks is talking with Mircha King of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives about the Pigford case- a class action lawsuit alleging racial discrimination on the part of the USDA concerning the distribution of loans and credits. Tune in to hear Mircha and Erin discuss the roots of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives in the Civil Rights Movement, the history and intricacies of the Pigford case, and the changes that black farmers see twenty years after the case. To learn more about the Pigford case, visit BlackFarmerCase.com. This episode has been brought to you by Fairway Market.\n\n"}