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Real Humans By Gina Kaufmann

Finding Hope In A Peach Orchard

Published July 4, 2021 at 3:00 AM CDT
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Mark Angermayer used to be a pig farmer. When a back injury took that away, he forgot how to dream. His fruit orchard just south of Kansas City is a lesson in resilience and renewal.

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