My dad grew up growing tobacco, mostly burley if I remember correct. Pretty sure my family had been doing it for at least 3 generations. Then govt got involved and started paying my grandfather to not grow it. I never grew it myself, but I been wanting to get me a little patch just to play with, mostly, and to see how it does in a permaculture mindset.
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Do it! Restore the family tradition! And I'm pretty excited about it from a permaculture perspective! And I'm super excited about it from a herbalist perspective.