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A petting zoo is one of the many fun activities at Jackson Farm in Black Rock.

Member Spotlight: Jackson Farm

Post author:Jon Carmack
Post published:September 12, 2023
Post category:Community

If you’re looking for a fun and cozy way to spend a fall weekend, you should check out Jackson Farm in Black Rock. This charming farm has everything you need…

Pictured from left to right is Blake Massey, Ann Marie Covington (undergraduate at A-State), Kyle Edmonds (USFS), Heather Custer (A-State graduate student) with a guano collector

Bat habitat update

Post author:Jon Carmack
Post published:September 2, 2020
Post category:Community

It has been nearly a year since Craighead Electric Cooperative, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Arkansas State University, and others teamed up on a conservation initiative to help an endangered native bat species in Arkansas and the biologists working on the project have some exciting news to share.

Craighead Electric staff assist in the installation of an artificial bat habitat.

Craighead Electric Cooperative assists in endangered bat conservation

Post author:Jon Carmack
Post published:November 1, 2019
Post category:Community

Craighead Electric Cooperative teams up with community partners to assist in the conservation of the endangered Indiana bat erecting new habitat for a colony located in the Shirey Bay Rainey Brake Wildlife Management Area near Strawberry.

Craighead Electric Cooperative Builds Solar Array in Brookland, AR

Post author:Jon Carmack
Post published:September 1, 2019
Post category:Distributed Energy Resources

Craighead Electric Cooperative partnered with Today’s Power, Inc. (TPI) and the City of Brookland to build a 1-megawatt solar array in Brookland, AR.

Craighead Electric employees donate to local charitable groups

Post author:Jon Carmack
Post published:January 1, 2019
Post category:Community

In 2018, the Co-Op Cares campaign was launched as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. It is an employee-sponsored community fund with the mission to support various local charitable organizations. It does not receive any funding from Craighead Electric or its members. Employee contribution is voluntary, but Co-Op Cares currently benefits from over 90% employee participation.