Family owned and operated for over 150 years, White Oak Pastures (WOP) is a nationally recognized leader in establishing sustainable, regenerative food production processes. Operating in two separate rural Persistent Poverty Counties in southern Georgia, WOP is one of the largest non-governmental employers in the region. WOP founded a nonprofit to educate over 200 attendees per year about the benefits of regenerative farming, helping to establish Bluffton as an agri-tourism destination and revitalized an otherwise forgotten town. The NMTC capital helped WOP expand capacity at their two zero-waste, carbon-negative, USDA-inspected meat processing facilities.