Jun 22, 2009
Black Dirt Farmers Struggle to Survive

The soil shines like black onyx. Sparkling fields spread out in every direction, a striped quilt of sprouting seedlings and dirt pathways black as coffee grounds — green, black, green, black, green, black. Times Herald-Record

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