Mother-daughter farmers reject eye-popping Big Tech bids: 'I'll stay ... and feed a nation'

Mother-daughter farmers reject eye-popping Big Tech bids: ‘I’ll stay … and feed a nation’


A mother and daughter from Kentucky have a simple message for artificial intelligence companies: Go away.

Ida Huddleston and her daughter Delsia Bare say their land has fed the United States for generations, and that isn’t going to change.

‘I’ll stay and hold and feed a nation.’

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The quiet family are making headlines over their farmland, which they say has been in their family since the 1860s, after anonymous bidders have made plays to scoop up their property to erect a sprawling data center.

According to Bare, the potential buyers “will not reveal who they are,” telling local Lexington, Kentucky, outlet WLEX that the anonymity of the offer is a huge red flag to her.

The family have been offered $60,000 per acre for Huddleston’s 71 acres and $48,000 per

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