Project Overview
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Agronomic: peanuts
- Fruits: melons, berries (blueberries)
- Vegetables: beans, cabbages, cucurbits, eggplant, greens (leafy), onions, peas (culinary), peppers, sweet corn, tomatoes
- Additional Plants: ornamentals
Practices
- Sustainable Communities: new business opportunities, partnerships, public participation, community development
Proposal abstract:
Webster County Development Council is requesting $10,000 to initiate a farmers market for Choctaw, Grenada, Montgomery, and Webster counties. This region is economically depressed. The area is rural, the median household income is lower than the state and federal levels and great disparity exists between per capita incomes of white versus black residents. This project is an integrated strategy which is being used by local citizens, private enterprise and government to solve this severe economic problem. Implementation of this project will create and support sustainable agricultural and community life and educational opportunities in health and nutrition as well as improved agricultural business practices. The goal of this project blends sustainable agricultural practices with community economic development strategies to increase our ability to build resilient farms, businesses, families and communities. This goal will be accomplished through the following objectives: (1)To benefit local farmers by increasing disposable income and encouraging entrepreneurship; (2)To generate economic impact in the community from dollars spent and retention of these inputs within the region; (3)To assist producers to implement sustainable agricultural practices; (4) To provide an economical supply of wholesome foods for consumption; (5) To assist homemakers to prepare nutritious and healthful food products for their families; and (6) To develop a sense of communtity relationship among citizens, private enterprise and government for the common good by applying strategies that create and support sustainable agricultural and community life. Relevancy may be measured in increased disposable income to farmers and businesses, adoption of methodology which contributes to agricultural sustainability, available supply of nutritious food and ability to collectively resolve economic problems.
Project objectives from proposal:
The primary goal of this project is to blend sustainable agricultural practices with successful community development strategies to increase our ability to build resilient farms, businesses, families and communities in Mississippi.
Specific objectives included are:
To benefit local farmers by increasing disposable income and encouraging entrepreneurship.
To generate economic impact upon the community from dollars spent and from retention of these inputs within the four county region.
To assist producers to implement sustainable agricultural practices in their farming operations.
To provide an economical supply of wholesome, whole food and organic foods for consumption in the region.
To assist homemakers to plan menus of nutritious and healthful food products for the families in this region, utilizing seasonally available fruits and vegetables.
To develop a sense of community among private citizens, private enterprise and government agencies working together for the common good of the region by applying strategies that create and support sustainable agricultural and community life in rural Mississippi.