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Every state has a Farm Bureau. Only one runs a dedicated economic development and entrepreneurship program. Oklahoma Farm Bureau's Economic Development Team has built something rare: a purpose-built accelerator for rural and agricultural entrepreneurs, operating through two tracks — Agcelerate Oklahoma for ag and on-farm innovation, and Activate Oklahoma for rural business across any sector — serving communities of 50,000 or fewer.
In this conversation, EIC's Molly King sits down with the OKFB Economic Development team to explore how this program came to be, what it looks like to run a multi-cohort accelerator inside a Farm Bureau, and what other state-level and rural-focused organizations can learn from their model.
We'll cover:
• The origin story — who championed it, what gap it filled, and how it got off the ground
• The Agcelerate and Activate tracks and what distinguishes them
• Cohort selection, programming, and how they support participants without burning out their team
• Their ecosystem and partner model — from SBDC and OCAST to Cortado Ventures and AgLaunch365
• Lessons learned: what's working, what's hard, and what's genuinely replicable
This session is for ESO practitioners, rural economic developers, and state-level organizations asking: could we build something like this?
Join us Tuesday, June 16 at 4:00 PM ET.
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Every state has a Farm Bureau. Only one runs a dedicated economic development and entrepreneurship program. Oklahoma Farm Bureau's Economic Development Team has built something rare: a purpose-built accelerator for rural and agricultural entrepreneurs, operating through two tracks — Agcelerate Oklahoma for ag and on-farm innovation, and Activate Oklahoma for rural business across any sector — serving communities of 50,000 or fewer.
In this conversation, EIC's Molly King sits down with the OKFB Economic Development team to explore how this program came to be, what it looks like to run a multi-cohort accelerator inside a Farm Bureau, and what other state-level and rural-focused organizations can learn from their model.
We'll cover:
• The origin story — who championed it, what gap it filled, and how it got off the ground
• The Agcelerate and Activate tracks and what distinguishes them
• Cohort selection, programming, and how they support participants without burning out their team
• Their ecosystem and partner model — from SBDC and OCAST to Cortado Ventures and AgLaunch365
• Lessons learned: what's working, what's hard, and what's genuinely replicable
This session is for ESO practitioners, rural economic developers, and state-level organizations asking: could we build something like this?
Join us Tuesday, June 16 at 4:00 PM ET.
Every state has a Farm Bureau. Only one runs a dedicated economic development and entrepreneurship program.
Every state has a Farm Bureau. Only one runs a dedicated economic development and entrepreneurship program. Oklahoma Farm Bureau's Economic Development Team has built something rare: a purpose-built accelerator for rural and agricultural entrepreneurs, operating through two tracks — Agcelerate Oklahoma for ag and on-farm innovation, and Activate Oklahoma for rural business across any sector — serving communities of 50,000 or fewer.
In this conversation, EIC's Molly King sits down with the OKFB Economic Development team to explore how this program came to be, what it looks like to run a multi-cohort accelerator inside a Farm Bureau, and what other state-level and rural-focused organizations can learn from their model.
We'll cover:
• The origin story — who championed it, what gap it filled, and how it got off the ground
• The Agcelerate and Activate tracks and what distinguishes them
• Cohort selection, programming, and how they support participants without burning out their team
• Their ecosystem and partner model — from SBDC and OCAST to Cortado Ventures and AgLaunch365
• Lessons learned: what's working, what's hard, and what's genuinely replicable
This session is for ESO practitioners, rural economic developers, and state-level organizations asking: could we build something like this?
Join us Tuesday, June 16 at 4:00 PM ET.
Every state has a Farm Bureau. Only one runs a dedicated economic development and entrepreneurship program.
Every state has a Farm Bureau. Only one runs a dedicated economic development and entrepreneurship program. Oklahoma Farm Bureau's Economic Development Team has built something rare: a purpose-built accelerator for rural and agricultural entrepreneurs, operating through two tracks — Agcelerate Oklahoma for ag and on-farm innovation, and Activate Oklahoma for rural business across any sector — serving communities of 50,000 or fewer.
In this conversation, EIC's Molly King sits down with the OKFB Economic Development team to explore how this program came to be, what it looks like to run a multi-cohort accelerator inside a Farm Bureau, and what other state-level and rural-focused organizations can learn from their model.
We'll cover:
• The origin story — who championed it, what gap it filled, and how it got off the ground
• The Agcelerate and Activate tracks and what distinguishes them
• Cohort selection, programming, and how they support participants without burning out their team
• Their ecosystem and partner model — from SBDC and OCAST to Cortado Ventures and AgLaunch365
• Lessons learned: what's working, what's hard, and what's genuinely replicable
This session is for ESO practitioners, rural economic developers, and state-level organizations asking: could we build something like this?
Join us Tuesday, June 16 at 4:00 PM ET.
