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Ballew Farms is a 4th generation, Black-owned, Kentucky family farm spanning 400 acres in Madison County, KY, near Richmond. Its story began in the 1930s with Lester Ballew, and it is now run by his grandsons Lonzo and Leroy Ballew and Lonzo's daughter Angel Ballew. The farm cultivates crops and livestock and offers agribusiness coaching, technical assistance, soil health advising, and training for farmers.

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Funk Farms is a family-owned crops and cattle farm located at 5959 N 1100 East Rd in Shirley, Illinois. Established as Funk Farms Trust in 1941 by E.D. Funk Sr., the trust operates approximately 2500 acres of farmland and pasture, owned by descendants of E.D. Funk and overseen by a board of four trustee cousins. The farm produces commercial corn, non-GMO beans, and hay, and runs a cattle feedlot with capacity of 1000 head plus a composting operation.

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Golden Oaks Farm is a Registered Holstein dairy farm in Wauconda, IL, founded by the Crown family of Chicago in 1948. The farm breeds sound, well-balanced Holsteins for dairy and genetic markets, with a herd of roughly 720 milking females and 680 young stock, about 99% registered. It aims to produce 19,000,000 pounds of milk annually and farms 1,600 crop acres.

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