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Michael Carter giving tours at Carter Farms, land that has been cultivated by his family for five generations. Carter s goal is to highlight the legacy of black farmers and pass that history on. (Photo by Andrea Smith)
When Michael Carter Jr. needed to increase revenue for his family farm, his instinct was never to till more land. Instead, Carter wanted to create a memorial forest preserve, off-limits to farming. Carter thought it would be difficult to fund the project, but he wasn’t accounting for the help of the Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA’s Farmers of Color Network.