CT Won the Cigar War by Actually Creating a Weather Climate (Ep. 110)

Soil and climate are two critical factors in agriculture, especially for CT’s tobacco farmers. CT leads the world in the profitable crop of cigar wrapper leaves, thanks largely to these two points. However, while the state had excellent soil, it didn’t have the right climate to overtake market leader Sumatra, in Asia. So, in the 1800s CT literally created its own weather climate over 1% of the land in the state. Wait until you hear the story from topic expert John Cilio.