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    Life In The Heart Land
            Farming
                
                    
                        
                            Season 1
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 104
                        
                    
                
            
            
            Since 1920 Americans living on farms has dropped from 30% to 1% with the number of black farmers plummeting from around a million to only about 50,000. Uncover the challenges facing black and white multigenerational farmers and learn how some farmers are building a more reliable bottom line through regenerative agriculture and rotational grazing.
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