Interview with Wilmer Browning, January 12, 1988

Interview Summary

Executive Director of Council for Burley Tobacco, personal and educational background, work as extension agent, land use, work with alternative crops, tenants and African-American farmers, role of the University of Kentucky, development of plants, job as executive director, funding for Council for Burley Tobacco, use of money by the Council, initiatives, separation of health and economic issues, consequences of an end to the federal tobacco program, reaction of farmers, farmers' opinion of Council, the "tobacco block", intern program where congressional legislative aides are brought to Kentucky to observe importance of the tobacco program

Interview Keyword

Heritage farms

Interview LC Subject

Agriculture--Kentucky Agriculture. Burley tobacco Council for Burley Tobacco Family farms Farm tenancy Lobbying Rural African Americans. Tobacco industry Tobacco--Government policy Tobacco--Kentucky Tobacco--Law and legislation United States. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service

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