Jan15

Redefining Cotton As Protein

by editor on January 15th, 2020 at 9:36 am
Posted In: Archive, Homepage, Southern Partisan

Cotton—a plant many Americans associate with the Deep South—arrived in Georgia, the first colony to produce cotton commercially, in 1734. After the development of Eli Whitney’s cotton gin in 1794, the production has only increased. Ronnie Hardigree, 71, has been growing cotton since 1973 but purchased his first tractor when he was 16 years old. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…