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State Department of Agriculture of Arkansas The Arkansas Agriculture Department is dedicated to the development and implementation of policies and programs for Arkansas agriculture and forestry to keep its Farmers and Ranchers competitive in national and international markets. www.aad.arkansas.gov/ Arkansas Grown : The Arkansas Grown program, administered through the Arkansas Agriculture Department (AAD) , began in 2012 to help promote the many agricultural products that are grown here in Arkansas. The program is often used to help make the critical connection between producers and consumers. The Arkansas Made program promotes goods and products made in our state by local makers and connects them to buyers. http://arkansasgrown.org/ Core Customers: Retail and Food Service Arkansas is home to a number of important customers who are ideal to look at for distribution. These include Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart, Harp’s Food Stores, Affiliated Foods, Forest City, Leisure Arts, USA Drug, Cranford Fresh Foods, Jade Super Foods, Food Giant, Tim’s IGA, Medicine Shoppes, James Super Save, Knight’s Markets, Lowery Drug, SBS Select Foods, Mayflower Foods, Harvest Foods, Hays Stores, Newcomb Drug, Miller’s Markets, Health Depot, Medisav, CV Foodliner, Bath Junkie, Marvin’s Foods, Shake’s Frozen Custard, Fowler Foods, Fort Smith 3, Pizza Pro, Diamond Hospitality, KVS Group, K-Mac Enterprises, Dixie Restaurants, FourJay LLC, HighBar Foods, BRM Mgmt, Jim’s Razorback Pizza, Pete Esch and many others.

State Department of Agriculture of Kentucky The KDA Office of Agricultural Marketing and Product Promotion assists farmers, agricultural businesses, and commodity groups in promoting and marketing their products by expanding existing markets, as well as developing domestic and international markets. http://www.kyagr.com

State Department of Agriculture of Louisiana The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry is responsible for administering many of the programs and enforcing the regulations that impact every aspect of the state’s agriculture and forestry. At the farm and forest level, these industries contribute $10 billion annually to the state’s economy. When the many support industries are added in, agriculture and forestry touch the lives of everyone in Louisiana, making them critical to the economic growth and prosperity of the state as well as a vital part of our rich cultural heritage. www.ldaf.state.la.us/about/ Louisiana Grown : The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry developed the Louisiana Grown. Real. Fresh. logo program to identify and promote Louisiana agricultural specialty crops and the value-added food products of such crops grown, harvested, and processed in Louisiana. The Louisiana Grown. Real. Fresh. logo program’s goal is to provide Louisiana farms the ability to connect with the consumer and have their product recognized as a local product through statewide branding and promotion efforts that encourage consumers to buy fresh local products within the state of Louisiana. http://www.louisianagrown.com/