Carolina Forum: An interview with Mark Epp of the Graham Center: The Future of Small Farming

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  • Faust, Ginny
    • Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of City and Regional Planning
  • Ferland, Kathey
    • Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of City and Regional Planning
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  • To most of us, the 1980s may not seem as disastrous as the 1930s. But for many small farmers in America, the current decade is almost as bad. In the thirties, tenant farmers were losing their shirts as government programs paid big landowners to keep their land out of production. In response to this economic disaster, The National Sharecroppers Fund was established to assist tenant and low income farmers. In 1972, the Fund christened its new Frank Porter Graham Center, a small enclave in rural Anson County, N. C. The Graham Center offered training and educational programs to low income farmers, and experimented with alternative methods appropriate to small scale farming. About a year ago, the Graham Center reevaluated its role in response to the worsening situation of small farmers. In the following interview, Mark Epp, on staff at the Graham Center, discusses how the Graham Center has changed its methods while focusing on new twists in the decades old problem: Can the small farm survive?
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  • Carolina Planning Journal
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  • 8
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  • 6
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