As older farmers retire, new ones find they can't afford to buy in
ZOEY THOMAS
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A pawpaw seedling emerges from the ground of a farm owned by Adam D’Angelo, a first-generation farmer who began his business with help from Groundswell Conservancy and the American Farmland Trust in Verona.
After earning a master’s degree in plant breeding and genetics, Adam D’Angelo knew he wanted to own his own farm. But without generational property or deep pockets, finding property took him seven years.
A crop of pawpaw trees grow on a farm owned by Adam D’Angelo, a first-generation farmer who began his business with help from Groundswell Conservancy and the American Farmland Trust in Verona.
Adam D'Angelo, a first-generation farmer who began his farm with help from Groundswell Conservancy and the American Farmland Trust irrigates plantings on his property in Verona.
Adam D’Angelo, a first-generation farmer who began his farm with help from Groundswell Conservancy and the American Farmland Trust visits a greenhouse on his property in Verona.
A pawpaw seedling emerges from the ground of a farm owned by Adam D'Angelo, a first-generation farmer who began his business with help from Groundswell Conservancy and the American Farmland Trust in Verona.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Adam D’Angelo, a first-generation farmer who began his farm with help from Groundswell Conservancy and the American Farmland Trust visits a stand of pawpaw seedlings on the property in Verona.
A pawpaw seedling emerges from the ground of a farm owned by Adam D’Angelo, a first-generation farmer who began his business with help from Groundswell Conservancy and the American Farmland Trust in Verona.
A crop of pawpaw trees grow on a farm owned by Adam D’Angelo, a first-generation farmer who began his business with help from Groundswell Conservancy and the American Farmland Trust in Verona.
Adam D'Angelo, a first-generation farmer who began his farm with help from Groundswell Conservancy and the American Farmland Trust irrigates plantings on his property in Verona.
Adam D’Angelo, a first-generation farmer who began his farm with help from Groundswell Conservancy and the American Farmland Trust visits a greenhouse on his property in Verona.
A pawpaw seedling emerges from the ground of a farm owned by Adam D'Angelo, a first-generation farmer who began his business with help from Groundswell Conservancy and the American Farmland Trust in Verona.
Adam D’Angelo, a first-generation farmer who began his farm with help from Groundswell Conservancy and the American Farmland Trust visits a stand of pawpaw seedlings on the property in Verona.
