THE COMMUNITY SHOPPER

Sarah Anderson, YES! Magazine: "Farmers crowd around the auctioneer at a foreclosure sale in Nebraska, intimidating potential bidders so they can buy the farm for a low price. Farms bought at such "penny auctions" were returned to their owners. During the Great Depression, my grandfather ran a butter creamery in rural Minnesota. Growing up, I heard how a group of farmers stormed in one day and threatened to burn the place down if he didn't stop production. I had no idea who those farmers were or why they had done that - it was just a colorful story."

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