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WCSHC Assists Sisters Receive a Forest Management Plan

Allen McReynolds, WCSHC, aggregated the Robbins sisters and Service Forester Alex Harvey together at 2948 Highpoint-Weir...

April 08, 2024

Workshop Recap: Understanding Heirs’ Property

By Jonathan Evans On Tuesday, April 2nd, the Winston County Self Help Cooperative hosted Alcorn State University’s Hei...

April 04, 2024

Mr. Dee Dotson Celebrates his 101st Birthday!

Mr. Dee Dotson recently celebrated his 101st birthday. He was born on February 23, 1923, in Choctaw County, MS, and is w...

April 04, 2024

Building Hope through Feed Program

The Winston County Self Help Cooperative continued to build hope in rural America on Thursday, March 14, 2024, by assist...

April 03, 2024

The Pass-On Project and Ceremony

By: Jonathan Evans What is community? Community is family; people within it help each other and build each other up. The...

April 17, 2024

[Youth] Seed Starter Workshop

On Friday, April 12, 2024, the Winston County Self Help Youth Group hosted a vegetable seed starter workshop at the Wins...

April 16, 2024

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WCSHC Assists Sisters Receive a Forest Management Plan

Allen McReynolds, WCSHC, aggregated the Robbins sisters and Service Forester Alex Harvey together at 2948 Highpoint-Weir...

Monday 08 April 2024

Workshop Recap: Understanding Heirs’ Property

By Jonathan Evans On Tuesday, April 2nd, the Winston County Self Help Cooperative hosted Alcorn State University’s Hei...

Thursday 04 April 2024

Mr. Dee Dotson Celebrates his 101st Birthday!

Mr. Dee Dotson recently celebrated his 101st birthday. He was born on February 23, 1923, in Choctaw County, MS, and is w...

Thursday 04 April 2024

Building Hope through Feed Program

The Winston County Self Help Cooperative continued to build hope in rural America on Thursday, March 14, 2024, by assist...

Wednesday 03 April 2024

[Update] Mississippi Small Cattle Group Initiative

The Mississippi Small Cattle Group (MSSCG) launched its spring herd health initiative on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Al...

Tuesday 16 April 2024

WCSHC Continues Its “Rumble Through Rural America Tour

The Winston County Self Help Cooperative (WCSHC) continued its “Rumble Through Rural America Tour” on Tuesda...

Tuesday 09 April 2024

Warner Hall Collard Greens Rebounds

The blazing and bruising cold weather in January 2023 caused severe damage to most farmers’ greens crop. However, ...

Monday 08 April 2024

Strawberry Production Exceeds Expectations

According to Alonzo Miller, WCSHC’s first endeavor in strawberry production exceeded expectations. Allen McReynold...

Monday 08 April 2024

The Perryman’s Family Farm Through the Generations

By Stacie Collins, Ph. D. In the early to mid-1940s, Curtis Perryman of Neshoba County and Walter Fulton of Kemper ...

Friday 05 April 2024

Frank Taylor Speaks with ARP

The Winston County Chapter of the American Retirement Association (ARP) assembled at Louisville’s City Hall audito...

Friday 05 April 2024

A Joint Effort to Remove Litter

By Frank Taylor First, I want to preface this narrative by defining “community.” Some may define “comm...

Friday 05 April 2024

Introducing: Beef Cattle Herd Initiative

By: Jonathan Evans Winston Country Self Help Cooperative and Merck Animal Health organized the Beef Cattle Herd Initiati...

Thursday 04 April 2024

Legendary Farmer, Dee Dotson’s Greens Patch is Open for Business!

Legendary farmer, Dee Dotson’s greens patch is open for business! Call 601.291.2704 and place your order today!...

Wednesday 03 November 2021

WCSHC’s Mantra: Save Rural America

Since its inception (1985), The Winston County Self Help Cooperative continues to provide farmers, landowners, and other...

Wednesday 21 July 2021

Pokeweed the Survival Food

Pokeweed, also known as Poke Salad/Sallet, is regarded as a survival food by many southerners. Pokeweed is a perennial w...

Wednesday 21 July 2021

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 artw...

Wednesday 21 July 2021

Winston County Farmers Market

The Winston County Farmers Market opened on Friday, June 18, 2021, at the Louisville Coliseum in Louisville, MS. Althoug...

Wednesday 21 July 2021

WCSHC Weed Eradication Field Day

According to Allen McReynolds, retired County Agent and currently a Winston County Self Help Cooperative Outreach Specia...

Wednesday 21 July 2021

Russell and Jewell Bean

We highly recommend you watch these two educational zooms below featuring Russell and Jewell Bean. They are committed to...

Wednesday 21 July 2021

Fountain Herbicide-Weed Control Demonstration

The Winston County Self Help Cooperative conducted a Herbicide-Weed Control Demonstration at Herman Fountain Family Farm...

Wednesday 21 July 2021

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 ...

Tuesday 20 July 2021

Cattle Health Program

Three veteran organizations hosted a cattle health program on Saturday, June 12, 2021, at Mississippi Minority Farmers A...

Monday 19 July 2021

Benn & Jackson Cattle Farm Field Day

On June 15, 2021, participants crisscrossed over to the picturesque Benn & Jackson Cattle Farm to partake in an educ...

Monday 19 July 2021

Crop 2021 at Mr. Dee Dotson’s Farm in Greensboro, MS

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Monday 22 March 2021

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 tick...

Monday 25 January 2021

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 ...

Wednesday 08 July 2020

Hopkins Family Keeping it Clean in 2020

The Greensboro Community honors Jimmy “Bluesman” Hopkins and his wife Regina for removing litter from along sectors ...

Wednesday 08 July 2020

Greensboro Celebrating 150 Years

According to oral history, the Greensboro Community was founded in 1870, shortly after the Civil War ended. Former slave...

Wednesday 08 July 2020

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 ...

Wednesday 08 July 2020

COVID-19 Health and Safety Tips

Collectively, we know that most individuals started 2020 with the clique, “ I’m seeing this year with clear vi...

Tuesday 07 July 2020