BOLTON, MISSISSIPPI – Today, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced that the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development has awarded $200,000 in grant funds to the Mississippi Association of Cooperatives. The funds will be used to continue funding the Center for Cooperative Development, which will provide technical assistance to new and existing cooperatives in minority and limited resource communities.
For more information contact Melbah Smith at the Mississippi Association of Cooperatives at (601) 354-2750.