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Transforming the Delta

Food Environment and Reporting Network

Sitting in the middle of the country, the Delta has plenty of water and great logistics as well as rich soil. In 1944, International Harvester tested the first mechanical cotton picker on a plantation just south of Clarksdale, Mississippi. Large growers and corporate produce buyers are already looking for other sources of supply.

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