Johnston County’s Tobacco Farm Life Museum officially reopened to the public Saturday morning, welcoming dozens of guests in to learn of how things once were in eastern North Carolina. Saturday's ...
Next year, many of Maryland's former tobacco farmers will receive their last buyout checks from the state, prompting concern about a widespread sell-off of farmland if funding is not continued for ...
Children as young as seven are legally working on U.S. tobacco farms, and the practice is, not surprisingly, harming their the health. In a 138-page report titled "Tobacco's Hidden Children," ...
It's been 20 years since the tobacco quota, which guaranteed prices for the crop, was outlawed. Since then the number of farms growing tobacco in Kentucky has shrunk by 96%. Twenty years ago today, ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Updated at 11:39 a.m. RICHMOND, Va. • An international rights group is pushing the federal government and the tobacco industry to ...