In the Metro Section of today's WaPo is an article about how some southern Marylanders are trying their hands at viniculture in areas that historically grew tobacco. Challenges abound: weather & climate, expense, predation (deer, beetles, mildew), legislation - not to mention all the time & effort required to produce a viable crop of grapes.
I'm whole-heartedly behind wine-making in general, but certainly its supplanting tobacco. But in a larger sense, it's good to see adaptation in commerce from one industry (or market) to another, seeing that change as an opportunity (instead of becoming a dinosaur in a dying market). Interestingly, some previous tobacco growers used settlement money to start their vineyards. Sounds like progress.
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