Virginia
Although this photo might make you think otherwise, Virginia's main export is actually tobacco. Originally, settlers thought it would be silk cultivation, but after a blight of fungus destroyed all of the state's mulberry trees (where silkworms got their food) it became clear that this wasn't going to be a sustainable cash crop. Tobacco took silk's place so that locals could still earn a profit.
Vermont
This photo shouldn't be too surprising, as Montpelier is the largest distributor of maple syrup. Vermont likes all things sweet, so much so that the ice cream company Ben & Jerry's gives all their ice cream waste to local Vermont farmers to feed their hogs. The pigs like pretty much every flavor except for Mint Oreo. That's not rude, that's just a refined palette.
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