Virginia has a historic peanut industry where family recipes create the nation’s finest snacks.
The state’s Farm Bureau introduces us to Lindsey and Scott Vincent of Good Earth Peanut Company and Marshall Rabil of Hubbard Peanut Company, who transformed their grandmother’s cooking techniques into successful businesses!
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