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
WCSHC’s Mantra: Save Rural America
Since its inception (1985), The Winston County Self Help Cooperative continues to provide farmers, landowners, and others with relevant information to help sustain life in rural America. The cooperative has survived seven presidencies and shifted past numerous...
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Pokeweed the Survival Food
Pokeweed, also known as Poke Salad/Sallet, is regarded as a survival food by many southerners. Pokeweed is a perennial weed that can be found anywhere along one’s path. Some common locations include the forest, a driveway, the front porch, along the fence, anywhere....
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Youth Groups Pioneering Art
On Monday, June 28, 2021, the Winston County Self Help Youth Group, and the local Infuse 4-H group, displayed their artwork at the Research Center in Louisville, MS. Glendia Cooper of the Winston County Self Help Cooperative provided students with guidance in...
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Winston County Farmers Market
The Winston County Farmers Market opened on Friday, June 18, 2021, at the Louisville Coliseum in Louisville, MS. Although, the 2021 growing season has been challenging for our local famers, we are hopeful, this market year will be a success, according to co-manager...
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WCSHC Weed Eradication Field Day
According to Allen McReynolds, retired County Agent and currently a Winston County Self Help Cooperative Outreach Specialist, "Correct weed identification, herbicide selection, and spray equipment calibration are important steps to kill and control weeds in pastures...
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Russell and Jewell Bean
We highly recommend you watch these two educational zooms below featuring Russell and Jewell Bean. They are committed to "Help save rural America." Russell Bean is a Resource Specialist with Tuskegee University and Agricultural Consultant/Speaker. He is a licensed...
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Fountain Herbicide-Weed Control Demonstration
The Winston County Self Help Cooperative conducted a Herbicide-Weed Control Demonstration at Herman Fountain Family Farm in Lawrence, MS on Thursday, June 4, 2021. Two graduate students from Mississippi State delivered oral presentations on how to control unwanted...
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Cedric Alexander Family Farm Field Day
As uncertainties turned into certainty for Cedric Alexander's Family Farm Field Day on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, in Sontag, MS. Here is the story line. Twenty-four hours prior to the start of the field day, rain, and high winds inundated the small hamlet of Sontag....
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Cattle Health Program
Three veteran organizations hosted a cattle health program on Saturday, June 12, 2021, at Mississippi Minority Farmers Alliance’s Demonstration Farm in Okolona, MS. Allen McReynolds of Winston County Self Help Cooperative reiterated these words prior to the start of...
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Benn & Jackson Cattle Farm Field Day
On June 15, 2021, participants crisscrossed over to the picturesque Benn & Jackson Cattle Farm to partake in an educational Farm Field Day located in bucolic Preston, MS, along Hwy 21 in the northwestern corner of Kemper County. Benn & Jackson Cattle Farm...
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Crop 2021 at Mr. Dee Dotson’s Farm in Greensboro, MS
Beef Processing 101
One of America’s Oldest Active Farmer will celebrate his 98th Birthday on February 23, 2021
One of America’s Oldest Active Farmer, Dee Dotson This varnished and weathered timepiece, Mr. Dee Dotson keeps on ticking by providing families in eastern Mississippi with fresh, locally grown vegetables for almost a century. Some people affectionately refer to Dee as...
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Happy Father’s Day to Greensboro’s “Magnificent Four”
The Greensboro Community wishes Dee Dotson, Joseph Miller, Ruben Yarbrough, and R. B. Colter a Happy Father’s Day. We appreciate their contributions and commitment in helping produce healthy families in Greensboro over the past century. Perhaps, they will never know...
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Hopkins Family Keeping it Clean in 2020
The Greensboro Community honors Jimmy “Bluesman” Hopkins and his wife Regina for removing litter from along sectors of Major Brown Road and Greensboro Road. Bluesman said, “We spend upward of two to three hours per week removing litter because we want our roadsides in...
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Greensboro Celebrating 150 Years
According to oral history, the Greensboro Community was founded in 1870, shortly after the Civil War ended. Former slaves migrated westward from across Alabama by following old wagon trails into Winston County. In a later edition, we will reveal more facts and...
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We Salute Mr. Rural America “Dee Dotson” Standing Strong at 97 Years Old
You can describe Dee Dotson as Mr. Rural America. He has lived 97 wonderful years by managing God’s natural resources and supplying families with locally grown vegetables throughout central Mississippi. Mr. Dotson is universally loved by everyone because of his unique...
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COVID-19 Health and Safety Tips
Collectively, we know that most individuals started 2020 with the clique, “ I’m seeing this year with clear vision.” Unfortunately, our clear vision has been blurred with COVID-19. Each day, we receive additional information regarding the detrimental effects of...
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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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