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A man bends down to tend crops in the middle of long rows of farmland during sunset.

Who controls California farmland? The hard-to-find answer is disturbing

A man bends down to tend crops in the middle of long rows of farmland during sunset.

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San Francisco Chronicle: Who controls California farmland? The hard-to-find answer is disturbing, co-authored by HRC Student Fellow Meredith Song.

Left: Fresno County farmer Pete Oliver checks on pea plants on his farm in 2021. Smallholder farmers like Oliver now own only about 10% of California’s farmland. Photo by Gabrielle Lurie for the San Francisco Chronicle.