Harold Wright: Five generations on once-tobacco land
Series: North Carolina Farmer Voices
From: RAFI USA
Length: 00:04:16
Harold Wright is the third generation farming on land his grandfather bought in the 1900's. His children and grandchildren farm with him. It was once an area rich- financially and culturally- with tobacco. But when that left, the community was devastated.
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