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A bold experiment is taking place among Black farmers in the Southeast — a story of hope in an area with a history of plantation slavery, land theft and white violence. The Jubilee Justice Black Farmers' Rice Project is combining restorative economics, regenerative agriculture, and cooperative asset ownership in an inspiring effort to address the harm done to Black farmers and the environmentally harmful methods of rice production. In this exclusive report, Host Laura Flanders reports from a former plantation in Alexandria, Louisiana, where she meets Jubilee Justice Co-Founder and President Konda Mason, veteran civil rights crusader Shirley Sherrod and the Black farmers at the center of this story. Through sharing knowledge and working across race and class, this project is fostering a future rooted in justice and healing, while helping to repair the damage from long-term racism and extraction. An inspiring story from a hurt place, told by people who are focused on healing land, lives, and spirit.

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