Tobacco Farm Life Museum, Experience Kenly, NC
Learn more at The Tobacco Farm Life Museum in Kenly, NC highlights how important farming was and continues to be important to Johnston County. This 6,000 square foot exhibit hall and restored farmstead showcases the farm life, community and families of Eastern NC. A variety of demonstrations are held on the weekends and provides a great learning opportunity for all ages. Experience Johnston County, NC -- don't pass us by. #visitjoco
Blacksmithing at the Tobacco Farm Life Museum - Kenly NC
Blacksmithing was a very necessary trade in the rural farming communities of eastern NC. The Tobacco Farm Life Museum in Kenly NC has an authentic recreation of a traditional shop from the early 1900's. Static displays are always open and demonstrations are held periodically. Check out our Facebook page or website for more details.
Tobacco Farm Life Museum
Photo selections from the Tobacco Farm Life Museum in Kenly, NC. This 6,000 square foot exhibit hall and restored farmstead showcases the farm life, community and families of Eastern NC.
Short documentary about NC tobacco.
Tobaccos growing in North Carolina
Tobacco was a cash crop for many years in the South but acreage is dwindling.
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Topping Tobacco North Carolina Mckinney Farm
I stopped by some friends farm and caught them topping there Tobacco. The machinery they use to do this with is just awesome.
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This is a Memory: Growing Up in North Carolina Tobacco
In September, Duke Homestead hosted the site's annual Harvest and Hornworm Festival. There volunteers demonstrated harvesting and curing tobacco. As one of North Carolina's major cash crops, life on a tobacco farm is a part of our state's cultural history. Here, women who grew up on tobacco farms in North Carolina share their memories of looping (or tying) tobacco during harvesting season.
Historic Tobacco Barns in Virginia
Preserving and enjoying the tobacco barns that are found along the landscape of Virginia..........It is said that they are like the windmills of Holland..........many were hand crafted from short leaf pine from the early 19th century to the mid 20th century.............Preservation Virginia is offering help in preserving these wonderful and historic structures...........
Tobacco Barns, Wade, NC
Tobacco Barns in Wade, NC. How tobacco was processed back in the day.
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KENLY 95!
I'm not just a UBER driver!
This is from a visit a while back to KENLY NC.
If your ever down in KENLY, check this place out!
It's arguably the BEST TRUCK STOP on I 95!
And a favorite with my customers.
My UBER REFERRAL CODE IS NHZYJTXMUE, and my LYFT REFERRAL CODE IS BLAINE132240.
Kenly North Carolina
Video Tour of Kenly, North Carolina
Tobacco Growers Learn About Research, Management Practices On Annual Tour
While they can't match states like North Carolina and Kentucky when it comes to quantity, growers in South Georgia are able to produce some of the highest quality tobacco in the country. Recently, a number of those producers and industry leaders took part in the annual Georgia-Florida Tobacco Tour. Damon Jones was on the tour, and he explains why growers are so optimistic about this year's crop despite the slow start.
Kentucky puffs on as tobacco farming dwindles
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The US state of Kentucky was once one of the country's leading tobacco producers, but the industry is slowly dying.
A major legal settlement 15 years ago led many farmers to diversify into other agricultural production.
The state, however, continues to have the highest number of smokers in the country. Little is being spent on anti-smoking programmes, as tobacco lobbyists fight back.
Al Jazeera's Cath Turner reports from Lexington, Kentucky.
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Some Tobacco Farms Are Currently Using CHILD LABOR in the UNITED STATES?
Children working on tobacco farms in the United States are exposed to nicotine, toxic pesticides, and other dangers, Human Rights Watch said in a new report. While US law prohibits the sale of tobacco products to children, children can legally work on tobacco farms in the US. The world's largest tobacco companies buy tobacco grown on US farms, but none have child labor policies that sufficiently protect children from hazardous work.
Children reported vomiting, nausea, headaches, and dizziness while working on tobacco farms, all symptoms consistent with acute nicotine poisoning. Many also said they worked long hours without overtime pay, often in extreme heat without shade or sufficient breaks, and wore no, or inadequate, protective gear
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South Carolina Tobacco Museum
A titanic producer of tobacco in Marion County, South Carolina owes much of its early prosperity to the industry. The South Carolina Tobacco Museum celebrates this history, offering a fascinating peek into the world of the tobacco farmer.
North Carolina Tobacco 2015 watch the growth weekly from seedling to harvest.
Weekly growth over approximately 20 weeks. Wake county, North Carolina
Late 1800s Tobacco Barn
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My family and I went to the annual cornshucking in October 2016 at Horne Creek Farm in Pinnacle, North Carolina. This is a short little tour of a late 19th Century tobacco barn.
My mom and I are direct descendants of the founders of Bennett's Welcome, founded in the 1620s in Jamestown, Virginia. Since then, my family has continued farming, especially tobacco. My grandfather's farm was the last of our line. He got out of the tobacco industry in the late 1980s, just before the decline really kicked in. He continued farming food crops on his farm until he passed away. My mother and I continue the longstanding tradition of our family today, albeit with small kitchen gardens instead of acres and acres of fields.
This is just a little glimpse of what generations of folks in rural North Carolina did for a living until recent years.
Tobacco Crop Woes 1982
North Carolina tobacco farmers are beset by a host of problems from the weather to issues in their price-support program.
Tobacco farming
Millions of farmers around the world choose to grow tobacco. It's easy to see why. Tobacco can grow in poorer soils and most climates and can easily be grown in rotation with food and other cash crops, helping farmers sustain a diversified income. Yet critics paint a picture of tobacco farming as particularly harmful not only to farmers, but also to their communities and the wider environment.