Operation Spring Plant Inc.
Charity Organization
Why pick this one
Operation Spring Plant, established in 1987, provides technical, marketing, and financial assistance to minority and limited-resource farmers.
Best for
- Minority and limited-resource farmers seeking technical assistance
- Small family farmers diversifying from tobacco into fresh fruits and vegetables
- Farmer cooperatives seeking collective produce marketing and distribution
- Farmers seeking information about the Black farmer discrimination lawsuit claims process
- Farmers and advocates seeking agricultural workshops and networking
Look elsewhere if
- People seeking general charitable services unrelated to farming
- Businesses seeking conventional commercial consulting rather than farmer-focused assistance
- People needing emergency or time-sensitive services
Specialties
- Technical assistance for minority and limited-resource farmers
- Marketing assistance for small family farmers and producer cooperatives
- Financial assistance for minority and limited-resource farmers
- Black farmer discrimination lawsuit and claims-process information
- Fresh produce marketing through the Prize of the Harvest label
What makes them different
- Established in 1987 as a grassroots nonprofit organization
- Provides technical, marketing, and financial assistance to minority and limited-resource farmers
- Organizes an annual farmer-centered conference with more than 20 workshops and 10 exhibitors
- Prize of the Harvest marketed produce from nearly 20 producers in four small farmer cooperatives
- The annual conference was offered free of charge in 2012
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 315 S Williams St, Henderson, NC 27536-4555
- Phone
- +12524927301
- Website
- http://operationspringplant.blogspot.com
Services
- Community economic development programs
- Farmer education and networking conferences
- Agricultural technical assistance
- Agricultural marketing and distribution
- Farmer financial assistance
- Lawsuit claims-process workshops