Southern Exposure was an award-winning print journal published by the Institute for Southern Studies, publisher of Facing South, from 1973 until 2011. Southern Exposure earned a national reputation for its writing on a broad range of political and cultural issues in the South, with a special emphasis on investigative journalism and oral history.

On the 50th anniversary of Southern Exposure’s birth, Facing South and the Institute will be publishing a full digital archive of the journal over the course of the year. The initial installment of the archives available in March 2023 includes issues from the magazine’s launch in 1973 through 1981.

Vol. 11 No. 6 - November/December 1983
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collage of vegetables with people, farmers and farms

Our Food

  • Our Food, Our Common Ground

    An introduction, by Linda Rocawich

    10

  • Organic Farming in the South

    Organic farming in the South, by Debby Wechsler

    14

  • Pioneers on the Citrus Frontier

    The McComb family, Florida organic growers, by Cheryl Hiers

    20

  • Future Food?

    The Disney vision, brought to you by Kraft Foods, by Diana Mara Henry

    22

  • The Good Life on a 25-Acre Farm

    Interview with Booker T. Whatley, by Krista Brewer

    27

  • “Some Poor Old Country People”

    Interview with Alice Balance, by Phaye Poliakoff

    30

  • Pie

    A prose poem, by Susan Bright

    33

  • What’s Good to Eat?

    An introduction to nutrition

    34

  • Eclipse of the Blue Moon Foods

    A report from Nashville

    35

  • Your Health is in Your Power

    Interview with Dr. James Carter, by Christina Davis

    38

  • Eat for Good Health

    What’s in a balanced diet, by Marci Kramish

    40

  • Co-Ops

    An introduction to community cooperation

    41

  • Co-Ops/Acadian Delight Bakery

    A venture into fruitcake, by Helen Cordes

    42

  • Co-Ops/New River Trading Co-Op

    A venture into good food, by Larry Levine

    44

  • Co-Ops/Hilton Head Island Fishing Co-Op

    A venture into shrimp, by Vernie Singleton

    48

  • The Golden Pine Cone

    A short story, by Charles Blackburn, Jr.

    50

  • Workers of the Harvest

    Laborers in the East Coast migrant stream, by L.A. Winokur and Chip Hughes

    55

  • The Union Makes a Difference

    The United Farmworkers organize in Florida, by James J. Horgan

    62

  • Food from Nature

    Learning from the Choctaw of the 18th-century South, by Daniel H. Usner, Jr.

    66

  • Gather Ye Wild Things

    Edible plants from the wild, by Susan Tyler Hitchcock

    70

  • Billions of Chickens

    The South’s premiere agribusiness, by Hope Shand

    76

  • Return to the Jungle

    What Reagan is doing to poultry inspections, by Kathleen Hughes

    83

  • The Long Struggle

    Poultry plant workers organize, by Ken Lawrence and Anne Braden

    85

  • Snowbird Gravy and Dishpan Pie

    Mountain people’s stories, by Patsy Moore Ginns

    90

  • Raise Less Corn and More Hell

    Interview with Jim Hightower, by Geoffrey Rips and Linda Rocawich

    92

  • Stay on the Farm

    A 19th-century song, by James L. On

    98

  • Resources: In General

    99

  • Resources: Organic Farming

    100

  • Resources: Nutrition

    101

  • Resources: Co-Ops

    102

  • Resources: Farmworkers

    104

  • Resources: Land

    107

  • Resources: Hunger

    108

  • Southern News Roundup

    Drought stricken farmers; Carthan freed; relief for overcrowded prisons; Southern poverty and war deaths; who’s first in Klan violence; labor unity in Mississippi; Winn-Dixie keeps beef in one family; and more

    2

  • Facing South

    lra Okraseed, by Dorothy Prunty

    7

  • Voices of Our Neighbors

    Growing food in Alaska; sustainable agriculture in Tanzania

    8

  • Voices From the Past

    Agrarian revolt: The Texas Farmers Alliance

    112
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