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Close-up of rice growing in a field
July 18, 2025

STARKVILLE, Miss.

Graduates in gowns walk under a balloon arch.
July 17, 2025

A few of the people employed in various aspects of the green industry in Mississippi learned their skills while incarcerated at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility in Meridian.

The facility, like many in the state, offer the men housed there several educational opportunities that will provide avenues of gainful employment upon their release. In Meridian, Tammie Jennings teaches a horticulture class for inmates and calls upon the Mississippi State University Extension Service on occasion for support.

Watermelons sit on shelves outside a local market.
July 11, 2025

RAYMOND, Miss. -- Mississippi’s watermelon producers face a tough year as summer rains diminish what they had expected would be a good crop.

Success Stories

Standing in a soybean field, a person gestures toward another person.
Volume 11 Number 2

Allendale Planting Company in the Mississippi Delta town of Shelby has flourished under Bill O’Neal’s watchful eye for more than a quarter century, but he will be the first to say you can never have too much experience to learn something new.

A person wearing overalls and standing in field of blooming sunflowers.
Volume 11 Number 1

The best way to learn about farms is to visit one.

A group of men and women standing in front of a barn and alongside three horses.
Volume 11 Number 1

Horse riding for children. Horse riding for veterans. Horse riding for special needs and behavioral health.

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