Acre Plantation Real Estate 
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 10, 2024
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.
Food Environment and Reporting Network
DECEMBER 20, 2024
If we took 5 percent of the acres and diverted them into almost anything that wasnt a commodity, its literally an additional $2.5 Large plantations reemerged in the Delta, worked by sharecroppers rather than slaves. In the Delta, it is around 1 percent, and those farms cover, on average, less than 100 acres.
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