OKFB taps six Oklahoma businesses for 2024 Activate Oklahoma rural development cohort

Oklahoma Farm Bureau has named six rural Oklahoma businesses to the 2024 Activate Oklahoma cohort, part of the organization's Oklahoma Grassroots Rural and Ag Business Accelerators program.

The accelerators program is a collaborative rural development initiative from OKFB along with national and state-level partners that develops Oklahoma-based innovators creating ideas, technologies and products creating economic opportunities in rural Oklahoma.

The members of the 2024 Activate Oklahoma cohort are Grillblazer, a company specializing in cooking torches from Chouteau; Allied Innovation Partners, a Cashion-based business that blends e-commerce with traditional commodity exchanges; Perfect Pose of Altus, a company that helps hunters capture quality photos of trophy animals; Bay Block from Corn, which has developed fall-alert devices; and The Diabetes Revolution of Salina, which provides personalized diabetes and weight-loss care. One cohort member prefers to remain anonymous.

The Activate Oklahoma pipeline connects innovative rural Oklahoma businesses with numerous resources and assistance with curriculum supported by Oklahoma Small Business Development Center. The Activate Oklahoma track is designed for any rural-based business with an innovation or product that will bring economic opportunities to Oklahoma's rural communities.

The six businesses, all hailing from rural Oklahoma communities with a population of 50,000 people or less, will complete a vigorous bootcamp training and other programs in the coming months.

For more information on the accelerators program, visit okfb.news/Accelerator.