Word: acree
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This is part of a xenophobic overreaction that has been sparked by alarmist reports in the press and on TV and by flag-waving, vote-hungry politicians. The foreign buyers, says Marcus Collins, a state representative in Georgia "come in here and pay $1,500, $1,800 or even $2...
It is true that more foreigners are acquiring land than ever before, but the numbers are still very small. In Texas, Prince Franz Joseph, the 72-year-old monarch of the 40,000-acre Principality of Liechtenstein, bought 16,000 acres of ranch land. Across the country, other rich aliens...
Meanwhile, many farmers share the opinion of one weather-grizzled Georgia farmer: "Let's don't let them get by with buying our land, but don't stop it yet, not until I can sell mine." Adds William Wisenbaker, who farms several hundred acre near Lake Park...
Williams' plot is a 400-acre island that was created when Hurricane Beulah changed the course of the Rio Grande in 1967. Because the island is south of the main river channel, the U.S. decided that the land was Mexican territory. Mexico, however, refused to accept ownership. So Williams...
Geraldine Waterbury of Gridley, Calif., turned to farming after raising a family and has just produced the largest crop yield of kiwi fruit in the state's history-15 tons per acre. She markets them at $2 per lb. to the Japanese, who consider the fuzzy fruit a rare...