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Teresa Ervin-Springs is a criminal justice reform advocate and co-owner of TKO Farming.

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Black elders saved this couple's Mississippi farm. Now they're harvesting ancestral techniques—and tomatoes

by Erica Hensley and Teresa Ervin-Springs August 3, 2022November 16, 2022

Mississippi is home to the most Black farmers—they're also aging and retiring the fastest.

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