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Some fear their community will be hollowed out entirely, with many residents already pushed from land they have farmed for decades for the $15 billion project.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

I drove through New Mexico, where Latinos have farmed since before the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, and spent time in tiny Antonito, Colo., home to the oldest Latino civil rights group in the country.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

Debbie, whose family have farmed there since 1936, said the land used to flood every six years when she was young, but had flooded three times last year and six times already this year.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2024

The defendants allege that Flannery used pressure tactics to convince farmers, some of whom have farmed in the region for more than a century, to sell their land against their will.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2023

I have farmed and worked at odd jobs.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 by Work Projects Administration