Blessed in the man: Pasquotank farmer’s fight to keep the land his family has worked for 300 years

Jul 29, 2026 at 07:20 am by M_Layton

A longtime farmer, Wade Reid talks about the challenges of preserving his family’s legacy as property development invades Northeast North Carolina. (Staff photo by Miles Layton)

PASQUOTANK COUNTY — Thursday, it was raining more than a bit when I met Wade Reid, who farms 450 acres of land around his ancestral two-story white farm house deep in the heart of Pasquotank County.

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