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LETTER: Consumers pick food over tobacco  

With the flooding in the Midwest, I have a possible solution to the impending food problem: Have half the farmers in Eastern and Southern states, such as Georgia, plant corn or soybeans instead of tobacco. True, the cost of tobacco will likely rise, but I have a more important addiction --- eating --- that needs to be satisfied and I've heard that I'm not alone in this. . . .

Having more farmers who normally grow tobacco grow corn or soybeans instead should help keep food prices in check.

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