Mississippi Business Journal » agritourist http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Sun, 19 May 2013 19:38:25 +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/2012/10/30/when-corn-wouldnt-grow-maze-maker-turns-to-grass/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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