🌿 Exciting new developments in the world of unique agriculture stories and satirical news! 📰

 🌿 Exciting new developments in the world of unique agriculture stories and satirical news! 📰 

This Today, we are looking at the viral story of an 85-year-old Sarasota resident who turned his assisted living supply closet into a booming underground cigar operation, complete with a temperature-controlled cabinet and a meticulous ledger. 💨

 It just goes to show that enterprise and entrepreneurship can sprout up in the most unexpected places—even if this particular caper comes courtesy of satirical entertainment! 😄

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In a surprising turn of events highlighted by The Dude Humor Report, an 85-year-old resident named Bernard Whitfield was charged with operating an unlicensed tobacco business out of a Sarasota, Florida assisted living facility. 

Staff discovered that his supply closet had been ingeniously transformed into a full cigar operation, featuring a working humidifier, a temperature-controlled cabinet, and shelves packed floor-to-ceiling with premium boxes. 

Investigators uncovered an estimated $19,000 worth of Cohiba, Montecristo, and Partagas cigars, alongside a spiral ledger used to meticulously track sales by resident room numbers.

Operating quietly for well over a year, Whitfield's clandestine enterprise drew customers from fellow residents, visiting families, and even two off-duty nurses.

 Facility director Carla Nesbitt noted that in 24 years of running the facility, she had never encountered a resident operating an underground distribution network. 

Following the discovery and confiscation of his inventory, the humorous caper quickly made waves across social media under satirical entertainment tags.

BILL CAVAN : A CIGAR SMOKING LEGEND

 

CIGAR WORLD 🌎 VIEWERSHIP

 

THE CIGARS OF CRUZ ADALBERTO LANUZA

 

MADE WITH PASSION IN ESTELÍ, NICARAGUA 

PER CAPITA CIGAR CONSUMPTION RANKED BY COUNTRY

 

Where the Most Money is Burned on Cigars

by 

Anna Fleck,

 

May 31, 2023

 Smoking worldwide

When it comes to buying cigars, U.S. adults are among the biggest spenders. Americans spend around $36 per year on cigars, only topped by the Lebanese who spent almost $37 per capita last year on the vice. Other high rollers who like to spend big on expensive cigars are Qataris, Luxembourgers, Icelanders, the Swiss and the Brits - likely aided by the fact that these countries all have high price levels and/or high taxes on tobacco.

In this chart, the Average Revenue per Capita was calculated using the entire population, including those aged 1-16 years. Find out more about the topic in Statista's Tobacco Products Report 2023.

You will find more infographics at Statista

Other high rollers who like to spend big on expensive cigars are Qataris, Luxembourgers, Icelanders, the Swiss and the Brits - likely aided by the fact that these countries all have high price levels and/or high taxes on tobacco.

Where The Most Money Is Burned On Cigars

BY TYLER DURDEN

WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2023 - 08:25 PM

When it comes to buying cigars, U.S. adults are among the biggest spenders.

However, as Statista's Anna Fleck notes, while Americans of age to buy tobacco spend around $36 per year on cigars, they are only topped by the Lebanese who spent almost $37 per capita last year on the vice.

A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO JAMES A PREVOR

 

https://www.producebusiness.com/my-thousandth-man/

https://www.producebusiness.com/my-thousandth-man/

The speaker says that only one man in a thousand is closer than a brother, and it is best to seek him out and find him before half your life is over. The other nine hundred and ninety nine men only have the opinion of you that the world does, but this Thousandth Man will be your friend even if the rest of the world is against you.

The rest of the nine hundred and ninety nine men are only interested in your looks or your glory or your power, but if you and the Thousandth Man come together then the rest of those men cease to matter – the Thousandth Man will "sink or swim / With you in any water".

The speaker says you can borrow money from the man and he can borrow from you freely; you can also talk and meet together for daily walks. The nine hundred and ninety nine are concerned only with gold and silver, but the Thousandth Man is priceless because you can be honest with him about your feelings.

No matter what the season, you can share your wrongs and rights. You can stand up against everyone else because the two of you support each other unequivocally. The other nine hundred and ninety nine men find it difficult to tolerate "shame or mocking or laughter", but the Thousandth Man will be by your side to the very end, even if it is at a "gallows-foot".

Thank you Ken Whitacre for sharing a beautiful friendship and a tribute to the voice of reason in the produce industry for many years … as well as life in general… Jim’s common sense will be sorely missed but I have a feeling that between you and the Jr Pundits … his legacy is in capable hands!

CIGAR FESTIVAL IN NICARAGUA

 

“My journey started early on Monday morning when I left Phoenix, Ariz. a little after midnight on a red-eye flight to Miami—don’t book seat 27B on an American Airlines A321neo if you’re looking to get some sleep—a couple hours of layover in the Miami airport, and then onto Managua, Nicaragua, home of the country’s international airport and for most of us, the very beginning of Puro Sabor, if you don’t count the plane flight down with any number of cigar makers and fellow attendees.

Once through customs and the baggage claim process, we boarded the familiar white vans to Granada, a historic colonial city about 27 miles southeast of Managua. In addition to being the oldest continuously occupied city in the Americas, as it was founded in 1524. It is also home to Casa Favilli, the factory that was once home to Mombacho Cigars, though you now know them as Favilli in the U.S. The factory hosted the registration event, essentially confirming you were there, picking up a leather backpack with all sorts of goodies inside, and seeing a brief glimpse of the factory, which is transitioning more to a tourism location with only a handful of bunchers and rollers. It still maintains its retail store and has added two restaurants and bars to cater to visitors curious about cigars.

It was here that I ran into Indiana Ortez, who you might have heard just announced the launch of her own company, Casa De Ortez, which is scheduled to launch its first line, Primavera, in the spring. Also, Ortez recently got engaged to Jared Ingrisano, who recently obtained control of the Favilli brands and will be giving them a refresh in the coming months, so congratulations to the two of them.

It was also at Casa Favilli that I got my first look at the box of cigars included in everyone’s backpack, which features 20 cigars from members of the Cámara Nicaragüense de Tabacaleros (Nicaragua Tobacco Chamber)”