Jo Ann Baumgartner
- Dennis Hutson has found ways to use less water in one of the most drought-stricken places in the US.
- At his TAC Farm in San Joaquin Valley, CA, Hutson is training people of color to farm sustainably.
- As recently as 2021, just 1.4% of farmers in the US were Black or mixed race.
Dennis Hutson has played many roles in his life: pastor, US Air Force chaplain, and devoted husband and father of three — to name a few.
But it wasn't until he co-bought 60 acres of land in Allensworth, California, that he felt he'd fulfilled his ultimate destiny.
A Black-led agricultural revolution over 100 years in the making
Allensworth is the first Black-founded and -governed town in California.