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He quit school at 12 bagging peanuts; now runs a Texas farm and 16-acre vineyard

Henry Froese was told he couldn't farm without family ties, couldn't grow organic crops in Gaines County's sandy soils, and certainly couldn't grow grapes there. His answer was always "Why not?" According to Farm Progress, Froese quit school at 12 to bag peanuts for a local farmer, later leased his own land, and over the past 22 years built an operation that now spans organic and conventional peanuts, cotton, livestock and a 16-acre vineyard, earning him the 2026 Peanut Efficiency Award for the Southwest.

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