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

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

As director of farmer inclusion, his job is to distribute $1.7 to resolve lawsuits associated with the cost of treating smoking-related illnesses, Arthur accepted a buyout, distributed by the Golden LEAF Foundation, to help him transition away from the crop. He used the money to pay off the farm loans he had with the U.S.

Plantation

Plantation Farming Farming Acre

Growing tobacco in the United States no longer makes sense

Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

If tobacco built the farm over generations, it’s no longer a dependable source of the kind of income his grandfather earned decades ago, much less its best cash crop. In March 2003, a North Carolina tobacco farmer named Dwight Watson drove his tractor all the way north to Washington, D.C., Photo by John West.

Farming

Farming Farming Acre Crop

Agriculture Informer

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

Growing tobacco in the United States no longer makes sense

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