Well, there may not be much cotton grown in north Alabama, but it's certainly all over the place down here in south Alabama and in Mississippi....
There are also lots of peanuts grown here
There are also at least two cotton gins that I know of here - the fear is, if the gins ever close because of not enough cotton being grown they won't open back up....
Lots of clothes were made here back in the day, a lot of the ladies I have met since moving here worked in the factories but they have all closed. The cap company closed up (ball caps), unemployment is still high...
but hey, we gotta send our money overseas to help this, that, and the other...
don't get me started LOL