NMSDC Acres Program Announces Partnership with the Southern University Ag Center
NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) and the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center (Southern University Ag Center) are partnering to enhance NMSDC’s Acres: Cultivating Equity in Black Agriculture program .
- NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) and the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center (Southern University Ag Center) are partnering to enhance NMSDC’s Acres: Cultivating Equity in Black Agriculture program .
- As part of the partnership, the Southern University Ag Center will provide instructors and course material for the Acres 12-week learning curriculum focused on growing program participants’ capacity to take on major national contracts with NMSDC corporate members.
- Upon completion of the courses, Acres farmers will receive a certification of completion from the Southern University Ag Center, in addition to further strategic business support from NMSDC.
- The Ag Center will also conduct participant assessments aimed at enhancing the learning content provided to future cohorts of the Acres program.