‘A slap in the face’: small farmers say Trump is turning his back on them

Photo: A photo of the entrance to the Johnson County Historic Poor Farm in Iowa – October 10, 2022. Photo credit: Jjthatjj via Wikimedia Commons (also at NPS). CC BY-SA 4.0 (photo was resized). Article by Chris Stein. The Guardian – July 11, 2026.

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It’s just an eighth of an acre, but for Lawrencia Rogers, the plot where she grows broccolini, lettuce and beans on land once tilled by poorhouse residents in eastern Iowa is the closest she has come to living her dream. Iowa is one of the most agriculturally productive states in the country, but getting into farming is not easy, particularly for people like Rogers who have no family connections to the business. […]

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