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Mandela Barnes: “You see the decline in family farms. You see corporate…”

Featuring: Mandela Barnes, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Candid Politics: WI Governor Candidate Mandela Barnes

Published | Video Starts at 03:12

It is because of the opportunity that was taken away from neighborhoods just like that. And that story is not unique to that zip code. That story has seen itself replicated all across Wisconsin. You see the decline in family farms. You see corporate consolidation, people coming in, buying up land, pricing our family farmers out of the market. making it difficult for them to compete. And it's left devastation in its wake. And living that story, being an example of what could happen that framed my vision of … (03:12–03:24)

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Asserts that corporate consolidation is causing a decline in family farms by buying land and pricing farmers out.

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