George Washington's historic estate. In the 1760s, Washington predicted that hemp could be a more profitable crop than tobacco and grew it across his farm. At the time, hemp was abundant in ...

Starting in 2000, if farmers agreed to stop growing tobacco in their fields but ... it wasn’t easy to convince farmers to stop farming tobacco not far from where the first president, George Washington ...

Maryland officials have freed funds to compensate farmers to stop growing tobacco as part of a buyout ... and the rest mostly in Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties, according to state ...

The film recounts the early life of George Washington, highlighting his upbringing on a Virginia tobacco plantation ... more 11 Perennials You Should Never Grow in Your Yard, According to ...