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

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

When the owner of the land where Byron was sharecropping died, he willed Byron at least 10 acres. Grover established a peach orchard in 1935, and cultivated grain and raised livestock until the late 1970s. The trailer is still hitched to the old orange tractor they used as they harvested two long rows from a nearby field.

Plantation

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California Will Help BIPOC Collective Cultivate Land Access for Underserved Farmers

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Along with more fields and new water infrastructure, Brown’s wish list of upgrades includes cold storage, a washing and staging station, and tractor access—most of which require additional space, construction, and expensive permits. And despite the security of family property, there’s no room to expand. That’s the only way we survived.”

Cultivation

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

California Will Help BIPOC Collective Cultivate Land Access for Underserved Farmers

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