When he was in the eighth grade, Andrew Thompson of the Jo Byrns FFA chapter in Cedar Hill, Tennessee, grew a small patch of tobacco under the watchful eye of his grandfather. Today, he calls seven acres of fire-cured tobacco his own. He grows tobacco plants in the greenhouse to transplant later, plows, disks, sprays, tops, oils, houses, strips and markets his end product. Thompson is supported by his parents and FFA advisor Garry Gibson.
This award is sponsored by CF Industries, Inc.
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