Rural Entrepreneur

Rural Entrepreneur

David Sparks Ph.D.
David Sparks Ph.D.
The American Farm Bureau's 2016 Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge boosts local business in rural communities with startup funds, professional guidance and publicity. Farm Bureau Rural Development Director Lisa Benson says the challenge also helps build small towns across the country. The program application period opened a couple of days ago."The goal of the challenge is to highlight innovation in rural communities. We found through research that one of the best ways to jumpstart a rural community is by having good business, good businesses that hire a lot of people, and increase that tax base. So when companies are growing, those communities are growing.

Farm Bureau has structured the application process to enhance and clarify business plans so that all participants benefit whether they win an award or not. "The idea is that, hopefully going through the application process, you will learn more about your idea. Our goal is to help you get a stronger business plan." Benson says the challenge is open to all types of agribusinesses, from production ag to ag tech and breweries. "We are really open to all kinds of businesses across the supply chain and and we are excited to see what this year's crop of innovators comes up with.

For more information on the Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge, visit Strong Rural America dot com slash challenge

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