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    As traditional agriculture faces labor shortages, aging farmers and economic pressure, a growing number of Mississippi farms are turning to agritourism to stay afloat. By welcoming visitors for hayrides, corn mazes and school field trips, farms like Seward Farms in Lucedale are creating jobs, educating the next generation and boosting local economies. 

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    Food & Dining

    So, you are a cheese lover and think you know something about the cheeses of the world? There are at least1000 cheeses produced in the USA, although there are only about a dozen that are popularly known. When most Americans think of cheese they think of cheddar, Swiss, Blue, Colby, American, Parmesan, mozzarella, Monterey jack, and cream cheese, but it is a bit more complicated than that!

    Environment

    If you happen to see what looks like a dust bunny moving across the leaf of your favorite plant, look again. Underneath what looks like a pile of trash is a vicious predator – the larvae of a Green Lacewing. Everything about this common group of insects is focused on eating other bugs, especially those we often view as pests on the plants we like to care for. The adults and the larvae of lacewings are commonly referred to as beneficial insects because of this diet.

    Shakiya Ingram and Vandell McGill, undergraduate students in The University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Ocean Science and Engineering (SOSE) Oceanography and Ocean Mapping program, recently returned from a life-changing ocean-mapping research cruise aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s vessel, Nancy Foster, in Charleston, S.C.

    The world lost one of the most influential conservationists of the past century with the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall. Her love of the natural world and subsequent call for us to champion a balance in the way we view nature began with her ground-breaking research on chimpanzees in the forest of Tanzania, Africa. She was a household name, right up there with Mr. Rodgers, and Big Bird. She carried herself with dignity and was a forceful voice for the creatures and places she loved.