This Land Was Made For You and Me: Digging Into Groce Family Farm
When you factor in the abuse and exploitation of migrant farmers, the ecological devastation of monocropping, protein substitute demands upending entire economies, and the rate of suicide for independent farmers being higher than any other occupation, it gets harder and harder to defend a one-size-fixes-all lifestyle choice.
North of Bourbon Has Deep Roots Down South
“New Orleans just does that to people,” said Lawrence in between shifts on a rainy night when I visited him recently. “It gets in your blood and you feel like you’re part of it, but some of those spots were just missing the soul. I’ve been waiting for an opportunity like this to come home and do it right.”