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

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The clouds hang dark gray in the sky, and tender new leaves emerge from the towering willow oak behind the brick ranch farmhouse at the center of the farms production area. This morning, while he waits for help, he reaches a pitchfork up into a back compartment of the machine to pull out the straw that got stuck. They must be pets?

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Investment Is Flowing to US Grass-fed Beef Again. Will It Scale Up?

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As CEO, one of his first actions was to send an employee on a quest: Find the “most regenerative” ranch, he instructed. Do not bring me a small ranch,” he said. The September Montana ranch tour and presentation. He combined it with a smaller ranch called La Cense, which he bought the same year. But they have to be big.

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