March is crowded with holy days. Lunar New Year reminds us that something has already begun beneath the surface. Even when the fields look bare, the year has turned. Growth has started underground. Lent arrives quietly after that. Forty days of reorientation. Not spectacle, but intention. The old word is repentance, which simply means to…

Delta State University formally unveiled a Mississippi Freedom Trail marker on March 10 commemorating the 1969 student sit-in, a pivotal moment in the university’s history and in the broader Civil Rights Movement in the Mississippi Delta. The ceremony, held in front of Kethley Hall on the 57th anniversary of the demonstration, brought together students, alumni,…

While some mistakes in life and at work are small and easy to overcome, many of the problems that happen on farms can be devastating. Farm experts say many problems are self-inflicted, and these cost time and money to overcome. Better than learning from mistakes is taking steps to prevent them from happening at all.…

Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce is accepting proposals for its Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, Commissioner Andy Gipson announced. Funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and authorized by the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, the program is designed to enhance the competitiveness of Mississippi’s specialty crop industry. Grants support marketing and promotion efforts,…