Virginia-based Southern States Cooperative is celebrating its one hundredth anniversary in 2023 with occasions targeted on its prospects and staff. The agricultural cooperative operates in eight states throughout the Southeastern U.S. with greater than 100 Southern States Cooperative branded retail places.
The cooperative simply launched a “Share Your Story” marketing campaign – amassing private tales of members and staff and sharing their tales through social media all year long. Southern States management may also be holding native buyer appreciation occasions all year long.
Southern States Cooperative CEO Steve Becraft says Southern States has been working with households for 100 years. “I attribute this longevity to the dedication of our staff, many who’ve served this cooperative, and its members, for many years. I’m additionally grateful for our prospects as we place ourselves to proceed to serve these household farms for generations to come back.”
Based in 1923 as Virginia Seed Service to produce seed to Virginia farmers fitted to the rising situations within the state, the cooperative rapidly expanded into feed, fertilizer, crop safety, and into surrounding states, and have become referred to as Southern States Cooperative within the Thirties.
Right now, Southern States is owned by greater than 200,000 farmer-members, and serves its members and non-member prospects in Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina and South Carolina. It additionally has skilled turf companies in Alabama and Georgia.
After a few years as each a wholesaler and retailer, in 2020 Southern States partnered with GROWMARK as an agronomy and vitality provider, to concentrate on being an ag-retail cooperative serving members and their distinctive wants as farmers within the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern States.
