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W Texas Vineyards Blasted By Herbicide Drift From Nearby Cotton Fields [1]

"On the High Plains in West Texas, hot winds blast through cotton fields as far as the eye can see.

In the middle of it all is a tiny vineyard.

Andis Applewhite is the owner. She's an artist whose family has worked this land for a century. They once planted crops more typical of the neighborhood, like cotton and wheat. Applewhite decided to try something different: She put in a couple of acres of cabernet franc grapes."

Merrit Kennedy reports for August 21, 2018. [2]

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Source: NPR [2], 08/21/2018
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/w-texas-vineyards-blasted-herbicide-drift-nearby-cotton-fields [2] https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/08/21/638588456/west-texas-vineyards-blasted-by-herbicide-drift-from-nearby-cotton-fields [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81