Reverend Brown’s Pea Revolution | Jackson News

Reverend Bennie Brown is turning a historic dream into reality—making Coahoma County, Mississippi, the purple-hull pea capital of the world—by reviving a legacy of Black land ownership that began after the Civil War. Back then, the Swan Lake Missionary Baptist Association bought land and equipped formerly enslaved farmers, turning Sunday church collections into generational wealth. The land once hosted a school that taught literacy and math to Black learners, built on soil where enslaved people gathered in secret for education and faith. Brown’s family moved there in 1962, and his father, once property-less, built a life through farming. Now, with seven acres planted and plans to expand to 25, Brown is rallying a new generation to reclaim self-reliance, believing collective farming can feed the whole county—and prove that freedom grows in the soil. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/83d8ef0c94881681