Immigrants new to U.S. are farming its lands with old ways
(WorldNews Business)

It was pitch-black in the early morning after the Washington region´s first snowfall, when the Nigerian farmer went to check on his crops. Olaniyi Balogun pushed open the fence, took two steps, then stamped his boot against the soil. He bent over the rows of kale and gently touched the underside of a palm-size, sprouting leaf. `Hmm,` he grunted, frowning. Just like he thought - frozen. Most farmers in the Maryland suburbs stop growing their crops by mid-January, but Balogun wants to stretch out the season as far as he can. His wife says it´s because he´s a workaholic; he disagrees. In the rural towns outside Akure, the city in southwestern Nigeria where he was born, people farm year-round....