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!
Felder Rushing is an 11th-generation Southern gardener whose families have been in Mississippi over 250 years. Rushing, a horticulturist, columnist, radio and television personality, author, and photographer, uses a humorous style to promote both simple and unconventional gardening through newspaper columns, magazine articles, blogs, and his weekly NPR program on Mississippi Public Broadcasting. The author of over thirty books and founder of Slow Gardening was named by Southern Living as one of the “25 people most likely to change the South.”
