burley hands in the barn

Posted by huffbrau (Marietta, United States) on 4 November 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

Woodford county, KY, burley tobacco hands curing before the trip in November to the tobacco warehouse.
Golden burley tobacco ( flue cured ) was once an agricultural staple of the Bluegrass, Kentucky region. As controversial as the crop is, it provided a steady source of income for rural farmers and raised the standard of living(?) for many of them. Now, many farmers have gone organic and green, raising vegetables and exotic animals for the bourgeiose