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

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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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As the Salton Sea Shrinks, Agriculture’s Legacy Turns to Dust

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López’s family moved to Salton City from Arizona in 2018 when her then-husband got a job working in greenhouses in the Imperial Valley, south of the sea. Date palm plantations and orchards cover the eastern Coachella Valley to the north. 1 commodity for the last 64 years.