The speaker addresses how the food we grow in our region connects us in many ways regardless of who our ancestors were. He also discusses heirloom fruits and vegetables, cross-cultural plant swapping, and more!
Speakers Expertise:
Felder Rushing Felder Rushing, columnist, radio and television personality, author, and photographer is an 11
th-generation Southern gardener. Rushing promotes both simple and unconventional gardening through newspaper columns, magazine articles, and even NPR. The author of over twenty books and founder of Slow Gardening, he was named by
Southern Living as one of the "25 people most likely to change the South. Rushing has also recently authored a book titled
Maverick Gardeners: Dr. Dirt and Other Determined Independent Gardeners through the University Press of Mississippi.
