Morrison hired as farmers’ market manager
Katie Morrison has been hired by the Board of Aldermen to run the city’s proposed farmers’ market. (December 19, 2012, Page 2)
City-run farmers’ market doesn’t sprout
After several heated meetings and discussions on the creation of a city-run market, the necessary legislation needed to form the market died in committee in Jackson. For the city to run the market, it needed approval from the Mississippi Legislature in the form of “local and private legislation.” That bill, sponsored by Oxford Rep. Brad Mayo, died on the last day of the legislative session. (May 9, 2012, Page 1)
Grant OK’d for new farmer’s market
The Oxford Board of Aldermen voted to accept a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Tuesday that would go toward the salary and other administration costs associated with starting up a new farmer’s market on city property. (March 21, 2012, Page 1)
