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Mississippi School Food Service Directors' Interest in and Experience with Farm to School

    The dataset contains information collected from 122 K-12 public school food service directors in Mississippi, USA, who completed an online survey designed for Mississippi school food service directors. Information includes school size (number of enrolled students), percent of students participating in free or reduced-price lunch, foods sourced locally (defined as grown or produced in Mississippi), desire to purchase more or start purchasing locally sourced foods, fresh fruit and vegetable purchasing practices, experience purchasing fruits and vegetables from farmers, challenges purchasing from farmers, and interest in other farm to school (F2S) activities.

    Data from: Mississippi Farmers' Interest in and Experience with Farm to School

      The dataset contains information collected from 38 individuals residing in Mississippi, USA, who completed an online survey designed for small farmers in Mississippi and who fit the USDA definition of small farm (yearly gross cash farm income <$250,000). Information includes farm products grown or raised, harvest months, produce amounts, farm certifications, internet use, selling practices, experience selling to K-12 schools, challenges selling to K-12 schools, and interest in farm to school (F2S) activities. Farmer demographic characteristics collected include gender, age, ethnicity/race, marital status, and education level.

      2014 Swine CAFO Study SE for Agricultural Antibiotic Resistance in Mississippi State, Mississippi

        The purpose of this study was to measure the microbial constituents of swine-sow, -nursery, and -finisher farm manure lagoon wastewater and determine the changes induced by farm management. A total of 37 farms were visited in the Mid-South USA and analyzed for the genes 16S rRNA, spaQ (Salmonella spp.), Camp-16S (Campylobacter spp.), tetA, tetB, ermF, ermA, mecA, and intI using quantitative PCR. Additionally, 16S rRNA sequence libraries were created.

        Delta Produce Sources Study

          The Delta Produce Sources Study was an observational study designed to measure and compare food environments of farmers markets (n=3) and grocery stores (n=12) in 5 rural towns located in the Lower Mississippi Delta region of Mississippi.

          US Department of Agriculture Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) site 2024 data, Goodwin Creek Pasture, Panola County, Mississippi

          NAL Geospatial Catalog
            This dataset contains air temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, solar radiation, wind speed, soil temperature, and soil moisture data from the Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) site 2024, "Goodwin Ck Pasture," located in Panola County, Mississippi. The dataset links to a National Resources Conservation Service data request form, from which available data can be queried. The data collection site is at an elevation of 320 feet; data has been continuously collected there since 1999-01-27.

            Data from: Draft Genome Assembly of Passalora sequoiae a Needle Blight Pathogen on Leyland Cypress

              The objective was to generate a high-quality draft assembly of the whole genome as a resource for future applications such as temporal and spatial dispersal studies of the pathogen and to investigate genotype diversity relevant in fungicide resistance studies and cypress breeding programs. Supporting images illustrate Leyland cypress tree showing *Passalora* twig blight symptoms; Infected Leyland cypress leaf with sporulating conidioma of *Passalora sequoiae*; Conidia of *Passalora sequoiae*, and *Passalora* 9LC2 phylogeny.

              Delta Food Outlets Study

                The Delta Food Outlets Study was an observational study designed to assess the nutritional environments of 5 towns located in the Lower Mississippi Delta region of Mississippi. It was an ancillary study to the Delta Healthy Sprouts Project and therefore included towns in which Delta Healthy Sprouts participants resided and that contained at least one convenience (corner) store, grocery store, or gas station. Data were collected via electronic surveys between March 2016 and September 2018 using the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey (NEMS) tools. Survey scores for the NEMS Corner Store, NEMS Grocery Store, and NEMS Restaurant were computed using modified scoring algorithms provided for these tools via SAS software programming. Because the towns were not randomly selected and the sample sizes are relatively small, the data may not be generalizable to all rural towns in the Lower Mississippi Delta region of Mississippi.