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Black Earth: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation

Civil Eats

Patrick Brown, who was named North Carolinas Small Farmer of the Year by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University this year, grows almost 200 acres of industrial hemp for both oil and fiber, and 11 acres and several greenhouses of vegetablesbeets, kale, radishes, peppers, okra, and bok choy.

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The American Chestnut Tree is Coming Back. Who is It For?

Modern Farmer

White Appalachian communities came to rely on chestnuts as free feed for their hogs and other livestock, and as a cash crop. This particular case centered around whether tribes had to pay local and state taxes on ancestral land that they bought back on the real estate market.