Al Lawson: “a lot of time they would not be able to get their crops to market without immigrants' labor because Americans just don't…”

How can SBA improve the application and the processing procedure so that more minority small businesses can take advantage of the program?

I think the ideal carbon market, the carbon sequestration takes place at the farm, and I think these programs have to be designed that the majority of that money comes back to the farmer.

Unfortunately, minority-owned firms, including women, are more likely than other businesses to be denied traditional financing.

Access to capital is the biggest challenge. This is problematic because capital is the lifeblood of any business.