Source: Adam Belz, STAR TRIBUNE, 11/4/19

Kristin Pearson is that rarest of breeds: a young farmer in Minnesota on the cusp of buying land. The 31-year-old grows organic vegetables on a few acres near Rochester and wants to buy land near Lake City. It hasn’t been easy. To get the loans she needs, she must rent out most of the acres she hopes to buy to the current farmer. And her boyfriend, who has a full-time job, must sell his house. Even with all that, her application could still be denied.

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