The goal of the center is to preserve the Black agrarian legacy by teaching sustainable agricultural and land-based skills to young Black farmers and youth.
by Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today June 28, 2023 Teresa Springs looks at the area where the Southern Agrarian Training Center will be built on TKO Farming's land in McCool, Miss., Monday, May 1, 2023. Teresa Springs inspects the greens at her farm, TKO Farming, in McCool, Miss., Monday, May 1, 2023. TKO Farming's hoop house in McCool, Miss., Monday, May 1, 2023. Teresa Springs plants crops at TKO Farming in McCool, Miss., Monday, May 1, 2023.
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