
Meat Our Executive Director
Pork Rhyne, The Pork Evangelist
Pork Rhyne, renowned as "The Pork Evangelist," is an award-winning international agricultural educator and agribusiness consultant. With a proven track record, he has trained thousands regenerative farmers, agribusiness owners, agricultural educators, and homesteaders through immersive live events. His guidance as a farmer and business owner empowers AgroPreneurs to achieve exceptional growth and profitability by addressing "poverty mentality," successful business ideas, and storytelling marketing.
Featured on ABC News, PBS, FOX News, and award-winning author Leah Penniman's Farming While Black, Pork Rhyne's expertise is highly sought after. He is dedicated to cultivating exceptional servant leaders among farmers, both on their farms and in their communities. As the esteemed host of The AgroPreneur Business Podcast on YouTube, he freely shares invaluable knowledge with a growing audience of hopeful AgroPreneurs.
Your Hope, Our Mission
At AGRO International, we reject scarcity mentality and burnout culture. Our mission is to work with organizations to develop collaborative AgroPreneurs with a balanced business mindset. We seek those with willing hearts, open minds, honest souls, and actionable hands for true equity and financial peace.
Our clients typically consist of these types of organization:
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Agribusiness Cooperatives
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Farmer Associations
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Land Trusts & Farm Link
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Cooperative Extension
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Farmers Markets
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Media & Event Companies

Did you know...
Most AgroPreneurs struggle to market their products to generate a thriving income?
Or how their mental health declines due to the financial and emotional stress of their business?
Here are the AgroPrinciples we'll train your AgroPreneurs to generate a full-time income!

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Efficiently Scaled Production
Grow their agribusiness production to enter into larger and securer markets while capitalizing on all the cost savings of economy of scale.
Ex: community-supported agriculture, restaurant accounts, retail store sales, co-ops, etc
Unforgettable
Agritourism
Inspire memorable moments at their agribusiness that will help customers escape the busy life for an exciting or peaceful haven with their family & friends.
Ex: farm-to-table dinners, pick-your-own, photography site, event rental space, etc.

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Premium Value-Added Products
Create farm-sourced products that can be shipped across the country and enhance the quality of life of their (now) nationwide customer base.
Ex: skin care products, snack sticks, fermented goods, extracts, catering, etc.
Impactful
Agroeducation
Teach transformative life skills from agriculture that can equip families to become "communally resilient" for generations to come.
Ex: gardening demos, butchery classes, foraging trainings, conference hosting, etc.

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Our Humble Belief
We believe it's every agribusiness' responsibility to be excellent stewards of climate-smart agriculture, support the needs of their community, and to be financially viable.
Too often, others expect AgroPreneurs to be poor for the sake of their customers... those people clearly don't own a business.
We teach organization and their AgroPreneurs to be profitable and utilize money as a tool to regenerate the land, heal broken communities, and build generational wealth for their family.
Because, AgroPreneurs can't stay in business if they operate like a charity.