4th graders succeed in making blueberries the state fruit of Mississippi

Students from Mannsdale Upper Elementary School petitioned to make blueberries the state fruit and a bill was signed into law by Gov. Tate Reeves.
1:18 | 03/15/23

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>> GREAT INFORMATION AND THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING IT. WE APPRECIATE IT. >>> NOW TO MY HOME STATE OF MISSISSIPPI GOING TO THE SIP. NEW STATE FRUIT, IT IS THE BLUEBERRY. >> AH. >> OKAY. OUR GOVERNOR TATE REEVES SIGNING THE BILL. HE TWEETED, THIS IS ALL THANKS TO THE INITIATIVE OF THESE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, THEY LED THE WAY ON THIS ISSUE AND RALLIED THE LEGISLATURE TO THEIR CAUSE. I WAS HAPPY TO SIGN THIS LEGISLATION INTO LAW. IT WAS PART OF A SCHOOL PROJECT AND THEN THEY LOBBIED THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. >> AND IT WORKED. >> THOSE LOOK GREAT BUT I DIDN'T KNOW BLUEBERRIES WERE A BIG THING IN MISSISSIPPI. >> I HAD NO IDEA MYSELF. >> CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEW FRUIT. >> YOUR FRUIT FROM TEXAS? >> NOPE. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. I DON'T, NO, I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD ONE. >> I GREW UP IN OHIO. I THINK IT'S THE BUCKEYE BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY A FRUIT. >> WHAT IS A BUCKEYE. >> YOU KNOW WHAT -- OR. >> OR THAT GREAT PEANUT BUTTER AND CHOCOLATE THING. >> SOMEONE TOLD JUST YOU IT YOUR EAR. IS THIS GPT. >> HE HEARS

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