About the Book
Farming in the Black Patch
Farming in the Black Patch features farms of western Kentucky and the production process of dark fired tobacco, only common to Western Kentucky and Tennessee. Now, the world can see this process of producing dark-fired tobacco from start to finish.
The story traces the arduous task of running and operating a modern tobacco farm. Along the way the reader learns the process of tobacco cultivation, specifically featuring the dark-fired process. There is an entire chapter devoted specifically to the long history of tobacco, particularly reflecting upon key pivotal points beginning as far back as 6000 B. C.
Farming in the Black Patch is a hard cover book featuring 192 pages in full color, telling the story of a way of life that is quickly disappearing from Kentucky landscapes.
