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Thursday, August 29, 2013

For Some, Tobacco Remains Way Of Life In Southern Maryland

OWINGS, Md. - Along a busy road in Calvert County, Md., a crop is being harvested this week that may surprise some: Tobacco.

"This stuff made southern Maryland what it is," tobacco farmer S. L. Brady told WTOP.

Twelve years after the state of Maryland began paying farmers not to grow tobacco and urging them to switch to other crops, Brady is still going.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

until tobacco is illegal; he should be able to grow what he wants. I don't like anything to do with tobacco, but it's still legal.