Sod.bust.ers (n.) Gardeners, farmers, lovers, dreamers, planters, ranchers, builders and breeders, sons and daughters of the soil, pickers and plowers, sowers and growers …
Douglas R. Davis (Owner), Ph.D is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership. His main areas of expertise and research are teacher assessment and professional development, the preparation of educational leaders, and history and philosophy of education. Dr. Davis has published in many educational journals and has presented at over fifty scholarly and professional conferences. He is currently the Editor of The Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education and is past president of the Society of Philosophy and History of Education. He was a public high school social studies teacher and coach in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for seven years.
In 2005, Doug purchased land outside of Oxford, MS with the hopes of developing it into a working farm, perhaps eventually a CSA venture with a focus on developing community through locally produced organic and sustainable agricultural practices.
Doug is a connoisseur of quality, a devotee of The Dead, founder of the Post-Secular Education Forum and the proud father of Merton and Shivas.
This is an essay Doug presented to the Society of Philosophy and History of Education in 2008 in San Antonio, Texas. Yokna(Patawpha) Bottoms Farm is a realization of the values he articulated in this talk.
Montana Stovall (Farmer) is a 9th generation Texan who, seeking a wholesome, inviting community in which to raise his family, has recently relocated to Lafayette Co. and taken up residence at Yokna Bottoms to exercise a lifetime’s experience growing commercial produce. A photograph and family biography will be available soon for his partner, Anne Marie, and their children.
Taylor Murchison (Farmer) is a Lafayette County native who, recently returning home, has taken up residence on his family’s farm with the hope of bringing it back into production. After managing Yokna Bottoms during the 2011 growing season, Taylor has enrolled at Ole Miss and will remain with the Farm as a full time hand for the 2012 growing season.
