In Harpersville, Alabama, there’s a 400-acre farm where history has been growing…
In Harpersville, Alabama, there’s a 400-acre farm where history has been growing for over 150 years. It belongs to the Datcher family—one of the oldest Black-owned farming families in America and likely the last Black-owned row crop farm in Shelby County. Their story began after the Civil War, when Albert Baker, great-grandfather of Albert “Pete” […]








