Commissioner Gipson helps open new ‘farm-to-table’ business in Hattiesburg

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) – Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture Andy Gipson was in Hattiesburg Friday, to help launch a new business.

Gipson cut a ribbon at the grand opening of Mississippi Farmers Meats at Old Eleven Plaza.

The new enterprise will give farmers a new way to get their products from the farm to the dinner table.

“This is part of the farm-to-table movement, really, and we want to grow more of this in Mississippi,” Gipson said.

The store sells locally-raised and processed meats, along with fresh local produce and dairy products.

The Hattiesburg store is the second Mississippi Famers Meats to open.

The first is in Summit, at the site of a meat-processing facility that opened in 2000.

“The only way Mississippi is going to grow, is if we support every farmer,” said Nadeem M. Kased, Mississippi Farmers Meats president/founder. “If we don’t support the farmers, they will be going out of business.”

Kased said he wants to eventually open 10 Mississippi Farmers Meats locations in Mississippi and Louisiana.

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