The Northeast Ohio Agriculture Innovation Center is funded by a grant from the USDA Rural Development. Grants are used by the Centers to provide technical assistance to agricultural producers to help them develop and market value-added agricultural products.
There are 7 other Ag Innovation Centers around the country including:
- Massachusetts Agriculture Innovation Center
- Institute for Rural Vitality at SUNY Cobleskill
- Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI), Minnesota
- Purdue University
- Value-addition Institute for Business Expansion (VIBE), University of Georgia
- Chesapeake Agriculture Innovation Center
- Missouri Agriculture, Food and Forestry Innovation Center
The Northeast Ohio Ag Innovation Center builds on the work from the USDA funded Pathways to Prosperity Project.