West Texas vineyards blasted by herbicide drift from nearby cotton fields
Story Date: 8/23/2018

 

Source: NPR, 8/21/18


On the High Plains in West Texas, hot winds blast through cotton fields as far as the eye can see.
In the middle of it all is a tiny vineyard. Andis Applewhite is the owner. She's an artist whose family has worked this land for a century. They once planted crops more typical of the neighborhood, like cotton and wheat. Applewhite decided to try something different: She put in a couple of acres of cabernet franc grapes.

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