By ANNA WOLFE
The Clarion-Ledger 

Area uses soil to fight food insecurity, foster sovereignty

 

October 13, 2017



LEXINGTON, Miss. (AP) — Along U.S. 49 in Holmes County, "Farmers Market" appears in big red letters peeling off a white gas station structure.

It advertises "candy, chips, cookies, ice cream" — none of which can be found there now. A little rundown mart sits empty behind it with thick chains holding its doors closed.

The defunct market serves to illustrate the food scarcity in one of the most poverty-stricken, yet agriculturally rich, counties in the poorest state in the nation. The building, owned by the Mileston farming cooperative, is also a reminder of promise in a community striving for f...



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