Case Studies
12:03AM Farm
Farmer name: Darius and Shameeka McKoy/12:03AM Farm Acreage: 36 acres Location: Faison, North Carolina Method of Access: Purchase Year Founded: [...]
Kendra Ragland
Farmers name: Kendra Ragland
Acreage: collectively, about a ¼ acre
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Method of Access: Ownership
Year Founded: 2022
Affordability Tools: Purchase
Farm Operation: Purchase
Just Harvest
Farmer name: Jay L. Richardson Grebe (she/they), Just Harvest
Acreage: three acres, small land plots
Location: Virginia's Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula
Method of Access: Inheritance, city lease
Year Founded: 2022
Affordability Tools: self-funded, donations
Farm Operation: Vegetables
HP Story: Wright Family
Heirs Property Story: Wright Family Client name: The “Wright” family (Actual names throughout have been redacted and replaced to protect [...]
HP Story: Janice
Heirs Property Story: Janice Client name: “Janice” (Actual names throughout have been redacted and replaced to protect the client’s privacy) [...]
Nature’s Candy Farms
- Farmers name: tenisio seanima
- Method of Access: Ownership, lease, handshake
- Acreage: 1/4 acre
- Location: East Point, GA
- Year Founded: 2011
- Affordability Tools: Purchase, Lease
- Farm Operation: Vegetable, Specialty Crop
Blue House Farm
Pie Ranch
Meridian Orchards
Rock Steady
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