By Peter Wood, Abigail Campos, & Jen Dougherty
Happy Holidays! Did you know AMS Specialty Crops Program (SCP) provides many services that help make your holidays special? The folks at SCP serve a very diverse customer base. Find out who we serve from paper and packaging industry to cranberries producers to Christmas trees growers.
Who SCP Serves
Paper and Packaging
SCP staff are supporting the paper and packing industry from printing and writing paper to kraft packaging paper to containerboard to paperboard.
- SCP works with the Paper and Packaging board. Its purpose is to expand existing markets and develop new markets for paper and paper-based packaging.
- See the boards current campaigns: How Life Unfolds and Powered by Paper
Cranberries
From fresh or dried to juices and sauces, SCP helps bring cranberries to your table.
- Since 1962, SCP has worked with the Cranberry Marketing Committee the marketing order that authorizes research and promotion programs and other self-help efforts for cranberries grown in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, and Long Island in the State of New York.
- Specialty Crops Inspection Division provides grading and auditing services for cranberries.
- Market News provides information about the price and movement of cranberries across the United States.
Christmas Trees
SCP helps family farmers and growers market their Christmas trees across the county by working with the Christmas Tree Promotion Board to promote the marketing of live Christmas Trees.
- This year’s campaign “It’s Christmas Keep It Real”
- Specialty Crop Inspection Division can grade Christmas Trees. Check out our Christmas tree grade standard and inspection instructions to learn more!