Erly Robinson’s Vegetable Farm
Mr. Erly Robinson is one of the participants in the MDC programs.
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Fresh Eggs
Ernestine and Dorfus Young, a husband and wife team participating in our Delta Farm Start program deliver eggs to Sweet Magnolia Gelato in Clarksdale, MS. The Youngs and Sweet Magnolia’s founder Hugh Balthrop met through an MDCFWOI quick business planning workshop funded by USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture and conducted by DRAResources and ChangeMatters. Mr. Balthrop is inspired[…]
Mr. Edward’s Agriculture Class
Mr. Edward Wiley’s Agricultural Class at the Quitman County Vocational & Technical School, a partner of Mississippi Delta Council for Farmworkers, Inc.
Wish List – Donations Welcome!
Your Contributions Support Our Work The MDCFWOI team has been working hard in 2015 to sustain long-standing programs, develop initiatives, and respond both to promising opportunities and extraordinary weather disasters. You can help make a difference this next year by contributing financially to this work. Mississippi Delta Council welcomes donations and gifts of in-kind goods[…]
Happy Foods Mobile Market
Our brand new project, Happy Foods Mobile Market.
Announcing the release of our 2015 Annual Report
We are delighted to announce our 2015 annual report. The last financial year has been another period of growth and achievement. We continue to improve evaluation of our existing projects to understand what truly works best for our low-income customers, farmers and vendors, and we are working to expand programs and deepen connections within the community. A message[…]
Looking ahead into 2016
The past year has been an active one for our organization. This year, we hope to do more! MDCFWOI has its sights on plans that will lead toward greater economic opportunity and resiliency among people in the Mississippi Delta. Programs: In 2016, MDCFWOI plans to add a mobile market to the farmers market and an on-site cold[…]
Youth Grower Opportunity and Market Program
MDCFWOI youth growers and mentors participated in the local Producers Meeting plus processing training and tour of Alcorn State University’s vegetable processing facility (April 7, 2016). They are pictured standing underneath the Marks Mule Train commemorative mural painted by our friend and local painter, musician, and art teacher Rosalind Wilcox. At the Delta Regional Mule Train Market &[…]
Clifton Lockett’s Produce Garden
Clifton Lockett is one of our DeltaFarmStart participants. His family has been involved in farming for generations. His farming operation is being mentored and advised from Tougaloo College FarmAid program Alcorn State University. Might not look like much yet…it’s early in the season. But farming takes patience! C
Youth Agriculture Entrepreneur Program
With one of the highest unemployment rate in nation, the Mississippi Delta is a tough place for an aspiring teen to find a summer job. At MDCFWOI, we are working to create a more positive future for our community and that’s why MDCFWOI developed the Youth Grower Opportunity and Market program. The Youth Grower Opportunity and Market Program[…]
Clarksdale Area Flooding – March 2016
During March 10th through 13th, one of the worst natural disasters hit the Clarksdale area. Flooding has displaced over 150 families. Numerous families are still in need of a hotel room. Please help us to obtain additional hotel rooms by making your checks payable to: Mississippi Delta Council 1005 North Street Clarksdale, MS 38614 For:[…]
About Us
Mississippi Delta Council for Farm Workers Opportunities, Inc. Mississippi Delta Council for Farm Worker Opportunities, Inc. (MDCFWOI) was organized in 1971 as a private non-profit corporation to operate programs to assist migrant and seasonal farm workers in Mississippi and to help them seek alternatives to agricultural labor or improve the agricultural lifestyle of those who[…]
Delta FarmStart Participants Get Ready for the 2016 Season
In this post, we’re sharing a few more snapshots of some of the things happening in February, as participants in Mississippi Delta Council’s Delta FarmStart farmworker microenterprise program gets going in 2016. The program, which is funded by USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Beginning Farmer and Rancher Program (BFRDP) helps farmworkers and individuals new to[…]
Our Logo
The market logo refers to local family farmers bringing fresh and local product to the Mississippi Delta. It puts the emphasis squarely on the farm workers who produce and bring local product to consumers. The tagline, A Project of Mississippi Delta Council, recognizes the market’s host institution and its long-standing commitment to opening access, promoting[…]
Gift Cards for Mississippi Delta Fresh Food
Consider buying a gift card for someone you know or for a family in need served by Mississippi Delta Council for Farm Worker Opportunities, Inc. (MDCFWO). MDCFWOI provides food assistance every month to approximately 1200 very low-income families representing five counties in the Mississippi Delta. You can help. Contact project organizer Samuel McCray at (662) 627-1121.[…]
EBT Accepted Here
Some of our vendors, as well as the MDC Crossroads Farmers Market itself, can now accept EBT, debit, and credit cards. We know this is important as a way of increasing access to fresh food. EBT accepted here. We welcome SNAP benefits.
Mississippi Delta Virtual Farm Tour
Photos from a recent tour of MDC Crossroads Farmers Market vendor Frank Wilbourn’s farm. Among the visitors were our friends from Shreveport Federal Credit Union.
Profile: Prodigal Farmer Frank Wilbourn
In January 2014, Rep. Bennie Thompson submitted this profile of our colleague Frank Wilbourne to the website CapitolWords, a project of the Sunlight Foundation. “Mr. Wilbourn was born and raised in Marks, MS. He is 71 years old and has the ageless quality of someone with natural wisdom and a generous spirit. At age 22,[…]
Preparing for 2014 Summer Market
Thanks again to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service for continued support. We are planning our 2014 farmers market now and anticipate opening in early June. We have added cold storage in the warehouse, which will be advantageous to our produce vendors this summer.
Delta School District Food Service Visit Produce
Area school food service directors tour produce processing facility in Marks, MS. Mississippi Delta Council for Farm Worker Opportunities, Inc., with Alcorn State University and Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative/Women in Agriculture hosted a tour of the vegetable processing plant in Marks, MS for area public school district food service directors. Our growers will have[…]
Cold Storage Installed for Small Farm Growers in the Delta
Installing industrial-sized cold storage in the warehouse, on the site of our farmers market in Clarksdale—soon to be filled with Mississippi Delta Grown produce grown by our independent small-farm growers. If you are a farmworker growing vegetables on a small farm or plot in the Mississippi Delta and may be interested in participating in projects[…]
Making Dinner Affordably
A story in this morning’s Washington Post newspaper featured the test kitchen at the Capital Area Food Bank. At their warehouse, “A chef had accepted the challenge to conjure nutritious meals from some of the food bank’s most popular items — dishes that required less than $8 to feed four. “You can’t get to healthy without[…]
Vision for the Facility and Property
Comments made at the Crossroads Farmers Market Launch and Celebration of Partners and New Programs, Aug. 20, 2013, Clarksdale: Mississippi Delta Council Executive Director Don Green asked me to say a few words about new programming coming to this facility, and about the connection between the two major partners in the projects being announced today.[…]