Volume 12 Number 2

James Brewer lives by the same advice he gives folks, and along with growing vegetables sustainably and selling locally, Brewer wants to help producers throughout Mississippi and beyond do what he’s doing.

Summer is nearly here, and the temperatures are heating up the Mississippi fields. Growers are facing drought conditions almost everywhere in the state, and Extension specialists and agents are here to offer support however we can.

By day, she’s a registered dietitian who works with dialysis patients, but after her regular workday, Sandra Carr is headed to work at Raymond Blooms, her flower farm in Hinds County.