Editing Alma, Arkansas (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:The Band Willin-N-Able (15564171088).jpg|thumb|Live music performance at Warren's Rec Room in Alma]]{{See also|Culture of Arkansas}}

===Spinach Capital of the World===
Around 1987, Alma called itself the "[[Spinach]] Capital of the World" because the Allen Canning Company based in Alma canned more than half of all the spinach canned in the U.S., about {{convert|60|e6lb|kg}} annually.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://arkansasroadstories.com/alma.html|title=Alma, Spinach Capital of the World|publisher=Arkansas Roadside Travelouge|access-date=August 10, 2012}}</ref> The town has had various statues of the cartoon character [[Popeye]], because of his connection to canned spinach; the most recent one was erected in 2007. Cast in bronze, it sits atop a fountain holding a can of spinach. It is the centerpiece of Popeye Park. Crystal City Texas is also considered the Spinach Capital of the World.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/15404|title=Popeye Statue - 2007 Model |publisher=Roadside America|access-date=December 12, 2012}}</ref>

===Annual cultural events===
The annual Spinach Festival is hosted at the City Park and Community Center on the third weekend in April. First held in 1986, the festival is sponsored by the Alma Chamber of Commerce and the Alma Advertising & Promotion Commission. The festival brings carnival rides, crafts, food and live music. A spinach eating contest takes place at noon, followed by a spinach drop. A package of spinach is dropped from an Alma Fire Department ladder truck onto a board with entrant's names, with the winner receiving a cash prize.<ref>{{ cite web |title= Spinach Festival draws hundreds to downtown Alma |date= April 20, 2013 |url= http://www.thecitywire.com/node/27461#.VO4KtfnF9qU |first= Brittany |last= Ransom |publisher= The City Wire |access-date= February 25, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150226051203/http://www.thecitywire.com/node/27461#.VO4KtfnF9qU |archive-date= February 26, 2015 |url-status= dead }}</ref>