Publications

Read how WCSHC is engaging and empowering the voices of Rural America.

Most Recent News

There is a First Time for Everything We Have Twins At The Perryman Farm!

Neshoba County farmers, Alice Perryman and her daughter, Stacie Collins, recently experienced a rare occurrence on the P...

April 15, 2025

Exploring a Day in Ag

By: Mayla Odom In today’s world, it is crucial to capture today’s youth. The Winston County Self Help Co...

April 07, 2025

GBC and ZRC Spring Break Clean-Up

Written by Frank Taylor Greensboro Community (GBC) and Zion Ridge Community (ZRC) combined efforts to remove litter alon...

March 18, 2025

WCSHC’s Heifer Project Makes a Real Difference for Farm Families

The Heifer Project, led by the Winston County Self Help Cooperative, continues to create dividends for farm families in ...

March 10, 2025

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Get news from rural America in a flash and see WCSHC in action!

Mr. Rural America Has Eggs for Sale

Mr. Dee Dotson, 101 year-old farmer, has added new chicks to his operation and has eggs for sale in Greensbough, Mississ...

Wednesday 15 May 2024

[Video] High Tunnel: A Farmer Update

Mr. Warner Hall, veteran vegetable farmer in Greensburg, LA, shows us his successful Spring 2024 crop....

Monday 13 May 2024

In My Own Words: The Mississippi Delta Then and Now

By Frank Taylor The Mississippi Delta is a notorious place to live and work. The landscape is currently filled with remi...

Wednesday 01 May 2024

Mississippi Farmers Encouraged to Apply for Emergency Forest Restoration Program

Winston County Self Help Cooperative (WCSHC) hosted an Emergency Forest Restoration Program conference call on April 29,...

Wednesday 01 May 2024

Mississippi Small Cattle Group: Terry Moore Cattle Farm

The Mississippi Small Cattle Group (MSSCG) continued its spring herd health initiative on Monday, April 15, 2024, a...

Wednesday 01 May 2024

Rumble Through Rural America Tour: Chulahoma’s Garden and J&B Farms

Written by Frank Taylor Winston County Self Help Cooperative (WCSHC) continued its “Rumble Through Rural America T...

Wednesday 01 May 2024

WCSHC Receives A Gracious Donation

Warner Hall donated Star Bright and Jubilee watermelon transplants to the Winston County Self Help Cooperative, Sunday, ...

Wednesday 01 May 2024

Mississippi Small Cattle Group: Bernard McKinney Farm

The Mississippi Small Cattle Group (MSSCG) continued its foray into rural America on April 27, 2024, with a stop at Bern...

Wednesday 01 May 2024

Mississippi Small Cattle Group: Herman Williams Farm

The Mississippi Small Cattle Group encountered adverse weather conditions on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Herman William...

Wednesday 01 May 2024

Mississippi Ranchers in Action

You may be wondering, “What are ranchers doing on their ranch now?” Let’s check-in with Pastor Terry T...

Wednesday 01 May 2024

Claude Elam’s Farm Field Day

Part Four of the WCSHC Rumble Through Rural America Tour By Frank Taylor On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, WCSHC’s ...

Wednesday 01 May 2024

Revitalizing the Jernigan Farm

The Jernigan family is reconnecting to their agrarian roots under the leadership of the youngest sibling, Timothy Jernig...

Wednesday 01 May 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...

Wednesday 17 April 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...

Tuesday 16 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

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

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

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

Greensboro Gazette: December 2023

...

Friday 29 December 2023