WCSHC PURPOSE
We help small farmers to purchase and sell in bulk with a goal of creating sustainability in rural communities by connecting with USDA and other organizations to provide services in a timely manner.
NEWS FROM RURAL AMERICA
Fourtee Acres: Our Story
By Tyrone and Edna Williams, Fourtee Acres Owners Fourtee Acres is a 62 acre minority owned family owned forestry, farming and rental property operation established in 1994 (with the birth of our youngest child) that is engaged in sustainability for the future....
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A Time to Commemorate Black Families who are Century Old Landowner(s)
In 1865 the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Abraham Lincoln abolishing legalized slavery. According to history meaningful efforts went were in gear to rehabilitate former slaves. However, the fate of rebuilding former slaves failed when the last federal...
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Fair Housing Act 101 Presentation
Presenter: William Bedwell, Mississippi Center for Justice, Staff Attorney Tenants do you know that you have rights that protect you against your landlord? If this is news to you, please join WeCare on September 4, 2018, at 11 am and 6 pm MSU extension office155 Vance...
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A Taste of Winston County
On Tuesday, June 12, 2018, people traveled from far and near to participate in “A Taste of Winston County" at the Louisville Coliseum. This event highlighted local farmers' efforts to provide healthier food choices for consumers. We convey a heartfelt thanks to...
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WCSHC Helping the Robbins’ Family Reconnect
By Frank Taylor Around 1910 Mississippi harbored more than 32,000 African American Farmers who owned thousands of acres of land. Landownership for black families determined their autonomy through agrarian practices of planting crops. Farmers planted corn, cotton,...
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2018 WCSHC’s Saving Rural America Conference Mass Schedule
Thursday, January 18, 2018 @ 8:00 am Scott County Small Farmers and Landowners Organization 2nd Saving Rural America Conference Little Rock M.B. Church 642 Tallabogue Road Forest, MS 39074 Friday, January 19, 2018 @ 7:30 am Winston County Self Help Cooperative Youth...
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Union Chapel M.B. Church Fire Safety Awareness Seminar
The month of October is designated as “Fire Safety Month” in the state of Mississippi. “Hence, we should educate and inform families about house fire hazards to help reduce the loss of life” according to Deacon Bennie Edwards. In fact, Mississippi leads the nation in,...
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WCSHC 2017 Fall Landowner Outreach Meeting Mass Schedule
Winston County Self Help Cooperative 2017 Fall Landowner Outreach Meetings Mass Schedule Theme: "Leveraging your Land to create Generational Wealth in Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry Practices, from a Landowner’s Perspective” Marion County USDA Outreach Meeting...
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Ad Valorem Tax Deadline
WCSHC's Emergency Reminder!!! Please pay your Ad Valorem Taxes before August 28, 2017. If not, you could be in jeopardy of being removed from your home. Additionally, some families’ 40 acres of land will be auction off because someone neglected to pay taxes....
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World Outreach Christian Fellowship Canning Workshop
On Friday, June 30, 2017, @ 10:30 am at the World Outreach Christian Fellowship located at 250 South Jones Avenue, Louisville MS, 39339 hosted a canning workshop for the youth. Participants learned how to prepare fresh strawberry jam, to put on biscuits, toast,...
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