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What It Takes to Keep Black-Led Farms Alive

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Anabel Peterman for Next City Near the eastern edge of Fayette County, Kentucky, sits the Coleman Crest Farm in the rural Black hamlet of Uttingertown. That’s where Jim Coleman works the land his great-grandfather tilled as an enslaved person — until he secured his freedom by fighting in the Civil War and returning to purchase the farm more than 130 years ago. Now, Coleman is continuing his family’s farming legacy, but not because it’s easy wo…

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What it takes to keep Black-led farms alive

Next City reports on the struggles of Black-led farms in Kentucky, facing decreased ownership and support while seeking survival amid urban development pressures.

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