Mississippi Farmer Determined to Grow State’s Network of Regenerative Farms

Mississippi Farmer Determined to Grow State’s Network of Regenerative Farms

PETAL, Miss.—Standing in a field where his cattle graze, Ben Simmons takes a long look around the land where his farm sits and recalls a version of Mississippi that no longer exists. When he was a boy, the country roads surrounding the small town of Petal, Mississippi were dotted with sprawling family farms alive with the sights of tractors harvesting crops and fields lined with cattle and chickens. “Back then, people knew where their food came …