What would happen if we fed our kids food grown right here in the Delta? We’d nourish our kids and rebuild our rural economies at the same time.

In small towns, a newspaper is more than a paper. It’s where we read our kid’s name on the honor roll or hear about the last speaker at...

Let’s be real clear—talking about food systems and public health isn’t the same thing as actually supporting the people who grow the food.

So here we were: a shovel-ready, job-creating, community-rooted project—frozen in place. And that’s the part policymakers often miss.