Posted AT 4:41 AM EST on 20/08/08
The tough transition from tilling tobacco
OTTERVILLE, ONT. — The pungent sweetness of tobacco hangs heavy in the air at the entrance of the Godelie family farm.Its master farmer, Gary Godelie, is inside on this August afternoon, a cigarette dangling loosely from his lips, as he scoops armloads of dried, golden tobacco leaves and heaps them into a trailer. The leaves will be carted off to a nearby barn for storage for a few weeks until it's time to sell them on the market.
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