Foot Print Farms
Where a Garden, a Community, and a
Way of Life Grows in the Fertile Soil.
Farm Fresh. City Sweet.
Where a Garden, a Community, and a
Way of Life Grows in the Fertile Soil.
Farm Fresh. City Sweet.
Cindy Ayers Elliott of Foot Print Farms shares about finding her roots in Mississippi and giving back to the community.
Hannah Mattix, Mississippi Clarion Ledger
If you’re wondering how to grow a farm business, this video is for you! 🫵 Dr. Cindy Ayers-Elliott worked as an investment banker on Wall Street for nearly 30 years, until she returned to Jackson, Mississippi to start a farm from scratch.
From Wall Street banker to creator of Foot Print Farms, Dr. Cindy Ayers Elliot set out to bring Jackson, Mississippi what it needed: fresh food. And with the power of the community by her side, there’s no threat big enough to stop her.
Dr. Cindy Ayers Elliott is CEO of Foot Print Farms, LLC,(2010), which is a 68-acre specialty crops, vegetables, and livestock farm, with a focus on agri-tourism for community development in the City of Jackson. Dedicated to growing an array of fruits and vegetables, raising meat goats, and cattle. She believes that planting seeds in the earth will grow fresh vegetables, however, planting a seed in the minds of young people will create a new universe of scholars.
Cindy is the recipient of the Mississippi Business Journal Top 50 Businesswomen in Mississippi, Listed as Whos Who Among Black Americans, USDA Conservation Notes, Hinds County (publication: summer 2011,2012,2013, 2014), USDA/NRCS, National Success Farmer Story from Mississippi, and Established the 2nd Freedom School Summer Program in Washington County, Mississippi. A proud member of the George Washington Carver Future Scientist of America 4-H Club and recently presented with the Jackson State University College of Business Department of Entrepreneurship Women Entrepreneurs Award Honorees.
Living every day to be a catalyst for change, Cindy was just awarded the Outstanding Minority Business of Central Mississippi from the Mississippi Minority Business Alliance, Inc., in October 2014 and elected chairman of the Hinds County Soil and Water Conservation District in September 2014.
Cindy takes great pride in being a graduate of Thee Jackson State University, the proud mom of LaGrand and Eric Elliott, and the grandmother of Christian, Erica, Zoe, and Skylar Elliott.
After working five years as CEO for Delta Foundation, Delta Enterprises in economic development in the Mississippi Delta, she also worked many years in New York as an investment banker. Cindy has traded in her high heels for a pair of work boots. She participates with the United States Department of Agriculture, and Natural Resources Conservation Service, (NRCS) to ensure her farm is productive and environmentally friendly. While she depends on her farms for sustenance, she also wants to use them as an educational tool for people not accustomed to new ways of Farming.
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4945 South Drive, Jackson, Mississippi 39209, United States
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Agritourism or agrotourism, as it is defined most broadly, involves any agriculturally-based operation or activity that brings visitors to a farm or ranch. Agritourism has different definitions in different parts of the world and sometimes refers specifically to farm stays, as in Italy.
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