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Southern Alternatives Agricultural Cooperative (SAAC)
Support small-scale African-American farmers in the United States.
Help Southern Alternatives Agricultural Cooperative grow their operations and offer even more jobs to the community.
- Conduct your own fair-trade pecan promotion through our Choosing Compassionate Consumption campaign.
The Southern Alternatives Agricultural Cooperative (SAAC) is a pecan cooperative in southwest Georgia that produces shelled pecans and pecan candies for sale through fair trade.
SAAC is the only African American–owned pecan shelling facility in the United States — and it is run by women. The women who lead this cooperative are lifelong advocates who are determined to run a pecan-processing plant in a way that creates new business and jobs for workers, while strengthening local economies in southwest Georgia.
In the videos below, learn more about the cooperative, meet some of SAAC's owner-workers, and take a tour of the pecan processing plant.
Location:
Georgia, United StatesWebsite:
http://www.saacgeorgia.com/
