Traveling from Appalachia to the Arkansas Delta was a shock to me. I thought I was prepared to see poverty – heck, I’ve been seeing poverty this whole year of travel with Heifer – but there was something about the sheer desolation of the town of Hughes, Arkansas that just about broke my heart.
The Delta stretches across the far eastern part of Arkansas, in the vastly fertile bottom lands of the Mississippi River where giant agribusiness farms of 10,000 acres prevail.
And now I will take a break from my recent fluffy ranting to show you a blog post that is described well enough by it's own title. The part that gets me is that people can live surrounded by acres and acres of food grown by giant corporations, and still be hungry. Super empowering to grow your own food.
Thanks SO much for re-posting .. this story really kind of broke my heart, but also gave me hope in a really wild way … I love your blog and I’m so honored you like mine!