White Farmer Sues Over ‘Racially Discriminatory’ Stimulus Program

White Farmer Sues Over ‘Racially Discriminatory’ Stimulus Program
A worker picks tomatoes at a farm in Immokalee, Fla., on Feb. 19, 2021. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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A white Florida farmer is challenging part of the recent COVID-19 stimulus law in federal court because it hands out federal benefits based on the color of a farmer’s skin.

The civil rights lawsuit, Wynn v. Vilsack, was filed in federal court in Florida on May 18 by the Sacramento, California-based Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), a national public interest law firm. Tom Vilsack is being sued in his official capacity as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.