The Alabama Black Belt's soil is suitable for growing cotton, corn, soybeans. Not for vegetables. After cotton came forestry. And catfish. This seemed easy. The soil barely lets water drain away.

Chip grows vegetables anyway. He ro­tates plants and animals. Deploys resources perfectly. It is his goal that poor people can healthily feed on organically grown vegetables. A great idea: supported by a foundation the needy can buy regional and organically grown produce at the same price they pay for the global produce at Walmart.