03/25/2026
No farms, no food.
If everything gets changed to houses how will we feed those people?
"$26 million doesn't mean anything. Stay and hold and feed a nation." An 82-year-old Kentucky farmer and her daughter just said no to a Fortune 100 AI company. The land fed people through the Great Depression. It's not becoming a data center.
An 82-year-old Kentucky farmer and her daughter rejected $26 million from a Fortune 100 AI company to sell half their 1,200-acre farm for a data center. The offer was 10 times market value. "$26 million doesn't mean anything," said Delsia Bare. "Stay and hold and feed a nation."
Bare said her family has worked the land for generations. "My grandfather fed a nation off of it. Raised wheat through the Depression and kept bread lines up when people didn't have anything else." Her mother Ida Huddleston added: "They call us old stupid farmers, but we're not. We know when our food is disappearing and our lands are disappearing."
They're not alone. Dozens of local landowners were approached. Dr. Tim Grosser turned down $35,000 per acre. In Pennsylvania, an 86-year-old rejected $15.7 million and sold conservation rights instead. The U.S. lost 2.5 million acres of farmland in 2025. Not a single state added farms.
