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How this 150-year-old Gullah Geechee farm on Georgia’s coast is driven by ancestral culture

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By: Denechia “Neesha” Powell-Ingabire Gilliard Farms in Brunswick, Georgia is pulsing with life. A coop filled with chickens soon to be sold through a...
Agribusiness

Heard County homesteaders cling to older rural lifeways while navigating New Media Age

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This one farmstead structure stands frail. Debilitated by Mother Nature’s handiwork. Evident from its hind side. Barnwood craftsmanship currently exposed and splintered. Where livestock,...
Agribusiness

Black Farmers’ Network launches rural community storytelling project

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Every rural community has untold stories behind its public-facing story. Good and bad ones. U.S. Department of Agriculture research grant Black Farmers’ Network (BFN)...
Agribusiness

11 female farm influencers redefining rural entrepreneurship

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Each hails from the Black Belt Region — demarcated by its crescent geographic profile. Stretching from Eastern Texas to the Eastern shore of Virginia....
Agribusiness

Former Air Force analyst rallies family to redevelop farmland organically

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Steady…steady…BANG! A clear shot takes the 2-foot-long cottonmouth snake out as it slithers into murky pond water. The graceful sharpshooter tucks her 9mm handgun...
Agribusiness

Coastal Georgia grower organizes to close grocery gaps in Savannah neighborhoods

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J.B. Brantley strapped the cotton down by wagon. Hauled his cash money crop by mule. One hundred bales of it — the difference between...
Agribusiness

Volunteer State farmer flips lawn into sustainable poultry operation

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Buy processed chicken strips for $20 a bag or go home empty-handed. Those were Vincent Padgett Sr.’s grocery meat options during the global pandemic....
Agribusiness

Female farmer produces hemp history in South Georgia

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She pushes. He pulls. They both use their bodyweight to heave the makeshift hemp seed dispenser across lumpier soil. Sweat scampers down their melanin-filled...
Agribusiness

This first-year livestock farmer forecasts promise in cattle, COVID

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They spring from the family's Polaris 4-wheeler already knowing the day's duties. Mariah refills the water troughs. Makinzi replenishes the gatefeeders. The 11- and...
Agribusiness

Retired research farmer speaks out about decades of federal land discrimination to caution younger producers

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Donnie McCrary’s youthful eyes and ears witnessed the outdoor altercation. His father, Turner McCrary, confronted land owner Sam Grice about receiving minimum wage. It’s...
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