“Summertime and the livin’ is easy.” Those words from an old song certainly didn’t apply to life on the farm. There was always work to do, especially if you had ...

Nowadays, tobacco is also grown hydroponically – in long, shallow beds filled with water. Plants are rooted, but automation makes the process somewhat easier. The "allotment system” went away ...

HATFIELD — Tobacco farming has been tied to this Valley town’s agricultural identity for at least 150 years. In fact, at the turn of the 20th century, Hatfield was the largest producer of ...