Hempstead Watermelon Coop Archives - People's History in Texas https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/uncategorized/hempstead-watermelon-coop/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 15:26:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-logo-32x32.png Hempstead Watermelon Coop Archives - People's History in Texas https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/uncategorized/hempstead-watermelon-coop/ 32 32 Ed “Big Mac” McGowan (D) https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/ed-big-mac-mcgowan-d/ Fri, 21 Apr 2023 07:46:27 +0000 https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/?page_id=2552 Mac McGowan started with the Federation of Southern Coops and was quickly recruited to join the direct marketing team at TDA. He helped organize the Hempstead Watermelon Coop. He was the instigator behind the Fort Bend Vegetable Growers conference, which continues today. This conference is 50 percent minority farmer attendance still thirty-five years later. An award in honor of Mac […]

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