What does it take to feed a colonial town and keep its economy running? At Colonial Williamsburg, the historic farming trade is more than growing crops. It’s a year-round cycle of planting, harvesting, maintaining tools, and managing the land using 18th-century techniques and animal-powered tools. 🌾 Farmer Ed Schultz shares how our team grows tobacco, corn, wheat, flax, and cotton just as it would have been done 250 years ago. From horse-drawn plows in spring to processing flax in winter, every

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