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Sweet Earth Special: Wine Versus Wheat

09/15/2008

Wheat farmers have been harvesting in the Walla Walla Valley for more than a century. Lately, vineyards and ritzy housing developments are taking over those productive, golden fields. Some say Walla Walla Valley is in danger of losing what attracts tourists and new residents: rural charm. Correspondent Anna King visited a few of those plush vineyards and dusty wheat farms in Washington and Oregon to bring us this story.

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