ARKANSAS AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS ARKANSAS GROWN, a 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 helps connect the growing number of consumers, who want to know where their food comes from, with local producers. MADE ARKANSAS MADE, another AAD program, promotes goods and products manufactured in our state by businesses and connects them to potential buyers. Since 2014, Arkansas Made has encouraged the purchase of Arkansas Made products by creating a community of suppliers and buyers that call Arkansas home. When consumers search for a Arkansas Grown or Made item and see a HOMEGROWN BY HEROES logo, they know that the item was produced in Arkansas by an Arkansas veteran. In 2015, the AAD adopted the national Homegrown by Heroes branding program that enables farmer veterans to market their agricultural products by labeling them as veteran-produced. Membership is available in five tiers: DIAMOND ‣ GOLD SILVER ‣ BRONZE ‣ FREE There are currently over 800 MEMBERS in these programs. Clanton Farms, LLC ‣ Arkansas Foodbank’s Gift from the Heart ‣ Ben E. Keith Foods Mid-South ‣ Bentonville Farmers Market ‣ Diamond J Orchard and Ranch ‣ Dogwood Hills Guest Farm ‣ Holly Springs Homestead, LLC ‣ JA Fair School Garden Learn more at ArkansasGrown.org ARKANSAS GROWN 13 ARKANSAS GROWN JUNIOR was announced October 2018 as a membership option for 4-H and FFA. The Eureka Market DIAMOND MEMBERS Ritter Agribusiness GOLD MEMBERS ‣ Massey Ranch LLC. ‣ Ozark Valley Bison Farm, LLC ‣ Petit Jean Meats ‣ Proffer Wholesale Produce ‣ Riceland Foods, Inc. ‣ SalScilla Farms ‣ Simkins Brothers Sweets ‣ Tammy Sue’s Critters
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