Excerpt from | Oral History Interview with Steve Holland, December 16, 1999. Interview K-0510. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) |
Holland describes the decline of farming in Pender County. Farmers used to cultivate tobacco, blueberries, strawberries, soy beans, and corn, but the tobacco industry is struggling. "They've about cut out all the tobacco farming," says, Holland, referring to cuts in government subsidies. He points out that tourism industry is replacing farming as a moneymaker.