AgSouth Farm Credit Announces 2021 Farmers Market Grant Winners

STATESBORO, GA – March 22, 2021: AgSouth Farm Credit Marketing Director Christy Smith has released the names of the recipients of the 2021 Think Outside the Store^® Farmers Market grant.

AgSouth Awards $500 Each to Local Farmers Markets

The Association is distributing $500 each in grant funds to local markets throughout AgSouth’s territory to use for advertising and promotion.

“It’s no surprise that this year has been incredibly difficult for all businesses,” says AgSouth Marketing Director Christy Smith. “Our hope is that these funds can help local Farmers Markets get out in front of more people during a unique consumer environment. We received a lot of creative marketing plans this year to combat COVID, and we’re excited to see them in action.”

She explained that, “Many farmers get their start selling to local markets. Our grant program was designed to support these farmers by helping to create public awareness of how choosing to shop at your local farmers market benefits not only a community’s health, but also its economy, much in the same way our own patronage program [the cooperative’s profit sharing program] benefits not only our members, but the communities we serve.”

The 2021 AgSouth Think Outside the Store^® Farmers Market grant recipients are:

About AgSouth
AgSouth Farm Credit provides loans for land, equipment and production agriculture; crop insurance; leasing; and home mortgages. The association is headquartered in Statesboro, Ga.
 
For more information about AgSouth or this announcement, please contact Marketing Director Christy Smith at 912-764-9091 or email CSmith@AgSouthFC.com.
 
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