February 4, 2023, 8:55 pm
The REACH program goal is to create a network of cooperative farms in Mississippi with variable agricultural practices to illustrate the success of conservation practice implementation on landscape stewardship while encouraging profitable and sustainable systems.
Existing land layout of the Ducrest farm
Keith Morton - Reach Program Participant
Reach Farmer Durwood Gordon explains using Best Management Practices
Conservation and Agriculture Working Together
Reach Farmer Durwood Gordon advocating land sustainability
Proposed land layout of the Ducrest farm implementing Best Management Practices
Farmer: Durwood Gordon
Location: Panola County, MS
REACH is going to give us that avenue to make our land sustainable - we want it to last forever. We're just going to be on earth a short time, but our land is going to be here forever!