About Us
The Alabama State Association of Cooperatives (ASAC) was formed in 1972 as the state affiliate of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund in Alabama. The ASAC operating office is located at the Federation’s Rural Training and Research Center in Epes, Alabama, in the heart of the Alabama Black Belt region. ASAC provides technical assistance, through outreach, to farmers, ranchers, community organizations, community development credit unions, and cooperatives with support from the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF and other partners. The outreach is focused on underrepresented limited-resource minority farmers and ranchers with small landholdings, and other low-income rural residents in the Alabama Black Belt.
ASAC cooperative members include:
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Southeastern Goat Cooperative
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Federation of Green County Employees Federal Credit Union
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Green/Sumter Farmers Market Cooperative
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Panola Land Buyers Association
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Panola Land Buyer Association-Housing Development Company
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City Country City Green Cooperative
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Marengo County Farmers Cooperative
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Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy (New/re-organizing)
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Demopolis Federal Credit Union
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Wendy Hills Subdivision Housing Authority
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Gainesville Health & Wellness Center of West Alabama
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Geiger Live Well Faith Community
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The Local Cooperative-Selma
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East Alabama Black Belt Farmers' Cooperative
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Black Belt Green Jobs Workers' Group (still organizing)
Our Board
ASAC is led by a team of season cooperators Board members providing leadership and guidance to highly dedicated staff which serve the needs of the ASAC members.
Charles Williams
PLBA-Land
Willy Busby
Greene/ Sumter Farmers Market Co-op
George Hall
Greene/ Sumter Farmers Market Co-op
Samuel Fairley
Southeastern Goat Co-op
Will Jones
Southeastern Goat Co-op
Sharon Robinson
Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy
Elaine Williams
Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy
Carrie Fulghum
Panola Land Buyers Association-HDC
Andrew Williams
Marengo Cooperative
Darrell Mcguire
Marengo Cooperative
Darlene Robinson
Federation of Greene County Employee Federal Credit Union
Carol Zippert
Federation of Greene County Employee Federal Credit Union
Lathia Banks
City Country City Green Cooperative
Sam Wiggins
City Country City Green Cooperative
Darren Beachem
State Coordinator
Freddie Davis III
Director - RTRC
Darren Beachem
State Coordinator
Audrey Haskin
Program & Training Coordinator
Cassandra Hawkins
Field Accountant
Ethel Giles
Outreach Specialist
Corey Bacon
Outreach Forester
Tiajuana Parker
Outreach Specialist
Will Jones
Building & Grounds Manager
Angela Hines
Administrative Assistant
