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"Bill Lee has experienced success as a Tennessee cattle farmer and businessman, but he has also known his share of tragedy and adversity. This Road I'm On is his story of fostering resilience and developing a heart for helping others by responding to those bittersweet moments with faith, hope, and perseverance."--Amazon.com.
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"The first guidebook of its kind for the Volunteer State, Farm Fresh Tennessee leads food lovers, families, locals, and tourists on a lively tour of more than 360 farms and farm-related attractions, all open to the public and all visited by Memphis natives Paul and Angela Knipple. Here are the perfect opportunities to browse a farmers' market, pick blueberries, tour a small-batch distillery, stay at an elegant inn, send the kids to a camp where they'll...
14) Homecoming
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Using archival footage, and the memories and story of her family, the filmmaker traces land ownership by African Americans. It was at a peak in 1915, when 15 million acres of farm land was owned by African Americans, and it had shrunk to 4 million acres by the 1980's, and continues to decline. Traces the methods by which the land was lost by black Americans, and the complicity of the Dept. of Agriculture, whose racist practices failed those it was...
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