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Welcome to the Delta Regional Food Business Center

The USDA Delta Regional Food Business Center is dedicated to enhancing the resilience, diversity, and competitiveness of our local food system. Our center is one of twelve regional centers supported by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. In partnership with local regional organizations throughout the food system, we serve the southern states of Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana, and East Texas. We will use the Delta Regional Food Business Center’s tools – Coordination, Technical Assistance, and Capacity Building – to build the qualities of a resilient Southern food system: Connectivity, Local Self-organization, Physical Infrastructure, Recruitment, Diversity, Innovation, Climate Smart Integration, and Leader Development. 

The Delta Regional Food Business Center partnership is currently working to plan, develop, and setup the center. Our initiatives are set to begin in mid-2024.

Grow Delta. Buy Delta. Feed Delta.

Building a more resilient, diverse, and competitive food system in the mid-South

Coordination

Coordination

Developing networks within and across the region, conducting outreach, and conducting intra- and inter-regional publicity and events

Technical Assistance

Technical Assistance

Delivering direct business technical assistance to small- and mid-sized food and farm businesses and food value and supply chain coordination

Capacity Building

Capacity Building

Providing financial assistance through business builder subawards for regional projects and businesses that are working towards expansion