'I'm Just Trying to See If I Can Make a Couple of Dollars': Black Farmers In Florida Struggle to Rebuild Months After Tropical Storm Destroys Crops
Many South Florida farmers are still picking up the pieces after Tropical Storm Eta destroyed 80 percent of their crops. Millie Green is a farmer from Jamaica. She maintains two acres of farmland in Davie, Florida. Her garden includes a number of herbs, fruits and vegetables native to her island. But the storm destroyed most of her crops. Atlanta Black Star visited Green just days before the devastation. “You remember when you [saw] the pepper? Everything is dead [now],” said Green. The storm hit South Florida on Nov. 12, and several farmers said their crops saw between 15 to 20 inches of...
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