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Can Hydroponic Lettuce Save Coal Country?

Young people tend to talk about “getting out” of McDowell County, West Virginia. But one radical farmer is bringing life back to his struggling hometown.

Otis Gray
May 03, 2017
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Illustration by Jia Sung

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