Boots Firm on the Ground: Latinx Immigrants' Critical Positioning in the Future of US Southern Agriculture

Written By Makisa Bronson

Originally published in The Southeastern Geographer, Vol 65, Number 2, Summer 2025

This article highlights the changing demographics of Southern farming and argues that Latinx communities are permanently rooting themselves in the South, not just as laborers, but as essential land stewards and farm owners.

Makisa Bronson
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