On one Carolina acre, an immigrant-run farming coop shows possible path to better life
Story Date: 9/15/2021

 

Source: Matt Pearl, THE DENVER CHANNEL, 9/13/21

To run a farm is to peer afar. It is to plant seeds and wait months, to cultivate the land for growth and a legacy for generations. It is to dream for miles, even if you only run an acre. On a small plot in Hendersonville, N.C., Delia Jovel and fellow immigrants from El Salvador and Mexico pick strawberries and pack corn. It’s their food to keep and sell, on a space they call Tierra Fertil – or, in English, fertile land.

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