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Farms for sale: Joe Gray still plows the Brampton area farm his family carved out in 1823, but more and more neighbors are giving up on the struggle to produce food in the urban shadow
Farms for sale: Joe Gray still plows the Brampton area farm his family carved out in 1823, but more and more neighbors are giving up on the struggle to produce food in the urban shadow

Farms for sale: Joe Gray still plows the Brampton area farm his family carved out in 1823, but more and more neighbors are giving up on the struggle to produce food in the urban shadow

Date10/31/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Farms for sale: Joe Gray still plows the Brampton area farm his family carved out in 1823; but more and more neighbors are giving up on the struggle to produce food in the urban shadow.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0023129F
Joe Gray still plows the Brampton area farm his family carved out in 1823. Brampton, Ontario
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