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VIDEO: The Disappearing Farmer

It's hard for the small farmer. It's harder when you're black.

By Brooke Minters

Fresh collard greens and black-eyed peas. He brings these traditional foods to historically African-American neighborhoods. Who will take his place? Who will keep the farming tradition going when he retires?