From the time he was “old enough to carry a hoe,” Tom Schloeder was a member of the labor force on his father’s farm north of ... producing county in the United States and the second-largest ...

But for small, diversified farmers in the early- to mid-1900s, tobacco was an impressive ... the greatest butter producing county in the United States and the second-largest granite center ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday unveiled a proposed rule that would make tobacco companies slash ... of tobacco product use in the United States," Brian King, director of the FDA ...

Oxfam and FLOC conducted a joint study of the tobacco industry’s impact on the human rights of farmworkers in the fields of North Carolina. One in four—22 out of the 86 workers interviewed—reported ...

“We are also urging tobacco farmers to plant more trees to replenish those lost during farming. Trees are vital to our environment, providing oxygen, clean air, food, medicine, and crucial habit ...