• Cooperative Mississippi Research, Education & Extension Service Partners
• Mississippi Department of Agriculture
• Mississippi Fact Sheet, Economic Research Service, USDA - This specific fact sheet includes current data on population, per capita income, earnings per job, poverty rates, employment, unemployment, farm and farm-related jobs, farm characteristics, farm financial characteristics, top ag commodities, top export commodities and top counties in ag sales.
• Mississippi Farmers' Markets
• Mississippi Marketing Profile
• Mississippi USDA Rural Development
• More Links:
  • Considerations Before Starting a Small Food-Processing Business, Mississippi State University Extension.
  • Entrepreneur’s Toolkit - How to Start a Business in Mississippi
  • Exploring the Potential for New Food Products, Mississippi State University Extension.
  • Mississippi Department of Agriculture Regulations
  • Mississippi Division of Tourism
  • Mississippi Licensing Division
  • Mississippi State University Extension Service
  • The Small Business Resource is designed to help business owners and entrepreneurs solve problems and locate key public and private organizations and individuals. These are business decision makers - businessmen and women looking to expand their operations, relocate companies, and plan a business startup.

Individual contacts in Mississippi for specific value-added agriculture information:

Ken Hood, Ph.D
Enterprise & Community Resource Development
Mississippi State University Extension Service
Agriculture Economics Department
Box 5187
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: 662-325-2155
Fax: 662-325-8777
E-mail: kenh@ext.msstate.edu
   

Southern Rural Development Center
Box 9656
190 Bost-North
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: 662-325-3207
Fax: 662-325-8915
Website: http://srdc.msstate.edu/index.html