Mississippi Business Journal » agritourism http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:16:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 When corn wouldn’t grow, maze-maker turns to grass http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/30/when-corn-wouldnt-grow-maze-maker-turns-to-grass/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-corn-wouldnt-grow-maze-maker-turns-to-grass http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/30/when-corn-wouldnt-grow-maze-maker-turns-to-grass/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:02:08 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=64536 CHICKASAW COUNTY — With persistence, hard work and a little help from technology, one Mississippi sweet potato farmer has created an unusual maze. “My farm is not that big, and after the disaster in 2009 when we lost about 90 percent of our sweet potato crop, we were looking for something else to do to [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/21/october-21-2012-ricky-nobile/feed/ 0 MDAC opens new agritourism promotion program http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/15/mdac-opens-new-agritourism-promotion-program/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mdac-opens-new-agritourism-promotion-program http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/15/mdac-opens-new-agritourism-promotion-program/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:22:54 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=63864 JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) has launched its new Agritourism Registration Program. This program is part of the recently passed Senate Bill 2439, which was enacted to provide limited liability to persons engaged in agritourism activities. Under state law, agritourism operations that register with MDAC and that meet certain signage [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/15/mdac-opens-new-agritourism-promotion-program/feed/ 0 Read October 1 issue of MBJ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/28/read-october-1-issue-of-mbj/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=read-october-1-issue-of-mbj http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/28/read-october-1-issue-of-mbj/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:06:52 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=63238 >> TRANSPORTATION Transportation commissioner Dick Hall on lonely campaign for better road maintenance— by Ted Carter Also in this week’s paper: >> MDOT Road commissioner open to options other than increasing pump prices— by Ted Carter >>RETAIL Whole Foods set to break ground in November— by Clay Chandler >> HEALTHCARE Analysis of Medicaid expansion under [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/28/read-october-1-issue-of-mbj/feed/ 0 Agritourism Sign Program launches at Mitchell Farms http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/16/new-agritourism-sign-program-launched-at-mitchell-farms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-agritourism-sign-program-launched-at-mitchell-farms http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/16/new-agritourism-sign-program-launched-at-mitchell-farms/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:47:55 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=61319 COLLINS — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) yesterday introduced a new Agritourism Sign Program at Mitchell Farms in Collins. The Agritourism Sign Program is a result of joint efforts between MDAC and the Mississippi Development Authority to introduce members of the Mississippi Agritourism Association to [...]

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