By: Skye Root
July 19, 2022
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General
1870 was the first US Census in which farmers were in the minority (47.7%).Today, only 1.3% of Americans are still farming and increasingly do so on operations of over 2,000 acres. Even so, family farms still make up 98% of our agricultural sector. Farm ownership still reflects the legacy of the Homestead Act of 1862 as a great deal of current farmland still belongs… Who Owns America’s Farmland? And What Is Their Role In The Response To Climate Change?
