Zemua Baptista had dreamed his whole life of becoming a farmer. In late 2019 while still in college he was able to get a contract and a beginning-farmer loan to build eight chicken houses to raise broiler chickens. He said it was an uphill battle to start but eventually the first-generation farmer’s birds were sold as rotisserie chickens at Costco stores. He keeps his eye on land opportunities, he said, but he hasn’t been able to purchase any more than the 80 acres he already farms.
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