Source: Loretta Boniti, SPECTRUM LOCAL NEWS, 3/15/21

For decades in North Carolina, tobacco was king. Textile and furniture manufacturing also provided a good living for generations of working families, but the state is changing. Tobacco fields are unused or farmers have transitioned to other crops. Factories that used to house machinery now serve as apartment homes for upscale families. It wasn't all that long ago that tobacco reigned supreme here. The state's dry, sandy soil is ideal for the plants to grow.

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