Mississippi Business Journal » Fighting Okra http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 19:01:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Delta State reintroduces toughest vegetable in higher education http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/01/delta-state-reintroduces-toughest-vegetable-in-higher-education/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=delta-state-reintroduces-toughest-vegetable-in-higher-education http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/01/delta-state-reintroduces-toughest-vegetable-in-higher-education/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:11:15 +0000 Stephen McDill http://msbusiness.com/?p=68993 The biologists may call it “abelmoschus esculentus” but down here in the South its better known as okra. A native of West Africa that is cousin to cotton and popularly served up fried or in Creole gumbo, okra is now getting talked up by ESPN and David Letterman thanks to a Bolivar County university and [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/01/delta-state-reintroduces-toughest-vegetable-in-higher-education/feed/ 2 Read February 1 issue of MBJ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/01/read-february-1-issue-of-mbj/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=read-february-1-issue-of-mbj http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/01/read-february-1-issue-of-mbj/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:01:35 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=68932 >> FEAR THE OKRA Mad Genius ad campaign helps Delta State reintroduce the toughest vegetable in higher education— by Stephen McDill Also in this week’s paper: >> LEGISLATURE Move state offices to Capitol Complex — by Ted Carter >> SPORTS New kiosks make for a better visit at sports hall— by Frank Brown >> ENERGY [...]

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