Marketing & Contracting
Delta Harvest increases the production, consumption, and access of healthy, local, and sustainable food in the region. Currently, we are working with several buyers of specialty rice. Rice is already a primary crop of the Southern Delta and marketing unique rice varieties to national brands helps farmers leverage existing on-farm equipment and storage and add value without making a large, initial investment.
Research & Feasibility Studies
Delta Harvest performs on-farm and partner field research to explore the enhancement or creation of specialty markets in the Delta, including crops like chickpeas, black-eyed peas, sesame, sunflowers, watermelon, and more. Studies also include the practical application of environmentally friendly farming practices like water conservation and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in rice cultivation.
The Food Hub
Delta Harvest is partnering with farmers in rural areas of the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta to explore the creation of on-farm processing and new food processing businesses. Using the food hub economic model as a guide, Delta Harvest aims to help provide processing and storage for viable specialty crop markets and access and infrastructure for Delta farmers.