GROTON — Susan and Paul Shay bought their four-acre dream spread years ago, with the idea of returning some of the land to farming. But other than for a brief period of being leased to hay farmers, the land had lain fallow for several decades.
Meanwhile, when Seona Ngufor immigrated to America 10 years ago, she held onto the idea she would take up farming — as in her native Cameroon — if only she could get access to a farmable plot.
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The ability for America to embrace diverse cultures and (legal) immigrants is an amazing strength. Even if traditional New England farming families were to disappear, and even if the environment warmed up and whole different types of crops became relevant, we could still bring in farmers from around the world with the right skills and ambitions to work the land and restore local farming. Not every country in the world could be so adaptable.
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