Cheyenne of Sundance Harvest & Alex of Old City Acres
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Cheyenne of Sundance Harvest & Alex of Old City Acres, former podcast guests and Real Farmer Care recipients, comment on the recent social media response from JM, structural racism within small-scale agriculture, and how race has impacted their farming experience.