Kin Growers

By Greta Sharpe Pecans play a starring role in most Southern holiday tables. From roasted and salted pecans for snacks to pecan dressing to everyone’s favorite Karo Pecan Pie, the holidays just wouldn’t be complete without them.  They are often part of treasured memories and traditions. “My mother made wonderful pecan pies and I make […]

By Mark H. Stowers Family farms abound in the Delta with some dating back generations with more than a century of labor. In Rolling Fork, Kin Growers may one day reach that plateau but for now, the second-generation farm is rolling along. With roots planted in 1971 when Robert Rutherford, a Farm Service Agent, rented