{"id":58286,"date":"2024-02-22T16:39:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T21:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/?p=58286"},"modified":"2024-02-22T16:39:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T21:39:05","slug":"from-the-field-meat-processing-technical-assistance-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/blog\/from-the-field-meat-processing-technical-assistance-success\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Field &#8211; Meat Processing Technical Assistance Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s Note: This is a guest post written by our partners at <\/em>the <a href=\"https:\/\/flowerhill.institute\/\">Flower Hill Institute<\/a><em>, a recipient of MPPTA funds, and an organization with whom NSAC collaborates frequently.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gerard-Jefferson-briefs-students-1-700x456.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gerard-Jefferson-briefs-students-1-700x456.jpg 700w, https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gerard-Jefferson-briefs-students-1-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gerard-Jefferson-briefs-students-1-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gerard-Jefferson-briefs-students-1.jpg 1057w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Gerard Jefferson, a teaching assistant at Tuskegee University ( a member of the MPPTA consortium), briefs students in the university&#8217;s meat lab prior to a sensory test on sausages produced as a part of the class project, as a part of their work with small meat processors.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Seeds planted over the past two years with the Biden Administration\u2019s billion-dollar commitment to foster a more resilient, diverse, and equitable meat and poultry processing system are now beginning to sprout across the country and U.S. Territories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A cooperative of Montana ranchers is purchasing and expanding a processing facility that was on the verge of closing;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Muslim producers in Maine are developing a new regional halal processing and marketing enterprise;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>several tribally-led initiatives are building processing facilities to strengthen their food security; and&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a producers\u2019 co-op in Puerto Rico that supplies roasting hogs for restaurants is expanding to supply local retailers with fresh, locally grown pork.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This list goes on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The American Rescue Plan (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/1319\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">H.R. 1319, 117th Congress<\/a> ) provided most of the funding for these programs. However, the demand for these resources has far too often outstripped the available funding.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, in last April 2023, USDA\u2019s Agricultural Marketing Service offered a total of $75 million in funding to processors through the Local Meat Capacity competitive grant program to help existing processors improve their facilities and expand processing capacity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AMS anticipated receiving about 300 applications for this program. More than 700 applications requesting $400 million flooded the agency when the application deadline closed in July 2023.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, the Indigenous Animal Harvesting Grant (IAG) offered $50 million to tribal governments to develop culturally appropriate processing facilities to help increase food sovereignty within their nations. Sixty-seven tribes requested over $350 million in funding.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MCap and IAG struck a strong chord with small processors and tribal nations. Adding a couple of new equipment items to their operation enables many processors to expand and diversify their marketing abilities. New tribal processing facilities can support the ability of tribal nations to feed their people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tour-of-Mason-Facility-700x527.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tour-of-Mason-Facility-700x527.jpg 700w, https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tour-of-Mason-Facility-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tour-of-Mason-Facility-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tour-of-Mason-Facility.jpg 1055w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Members of AgriUnity Texas tour a modular meat processing facility in Mason, TX<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At the outset of the Administration\u2019s commitment, USDA enlisted a diverse group of organizations to provide technical assistance to people accessing the agency\u2019s resources for meat and poultry processing expansion. That network includes the Niche Meat Processing Assistance Network at Oregon State University, Tuskegee University, the American Association of Meat Processors, the Intertribal Agriculture Council, American Meat Science Association, the Agriculture Utilization research Institute and Flower Hill Institute. Flower Hill, which has an agreement with AMS to coordinate this network, has partnered with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and 17 other organizations via MOUs to extend the outreach of the technical assistance program. Because of this highly diverse set of  MPPTA organizations and MOU extensions, MPPTA has received  over 1100+ TA requests in its short two years of existence.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/All-MPPTA-Requests-Zoom-Out-1-700x339.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/All-MPPTA-Requests-Zoom-Out-1-700x339.png 700w, https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/All-MPPTA-Requests-Zoom-Out-1-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/All-MPPTA-Requests-Zoom-Out-1-768x372.png 768w, https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/All-MPPTA-Requests-Zoom-Out-1-1536x744.png 1536w, https:\/\/sustainableagriculture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/All-MPPTA-Requests-Zoom-Out-1-2048x992.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Above is a map of all the TA requests that Flower Hill Institute, Tuskegee University, and the Agriculture Utilization Research Institute (3 of the 7 members of the MPPTA) received over 2023, demonstrating the nationwide need. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This technical assistance network will continue until at least year-end 2026, but many of the grant and loan programs funded under the American Rescue Plan were one-time opportunities. That\u2019s something that writers of the next Farm Bill should consider. Sustaining these funding sources, with a focus on socially disadvantaged processors will be critical for more equitably developing our local food economies and strengthening our meat and poultry supply chains for future shocks.&nbsp;Future programs to expand and diversify the meat and poultry processing supply chain should include the custom-exempt processors that are important in many small communities, including those in which many residents rely heavily on wild game to feed their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In concert with thinking about potential continuation of these grant programs, the need for application and post award technical assistance would continue to grow after the spend out for the MPTTA program, which as mentioned above would end in 2026. We know from other programs, and from these novel meat and poultry expansion programs, that  technical assistance itself can be a critical part in ensuring more equitable uptake of grant opportunities and more generally in generating successful projects that more effectively steward received grant dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seeds of the Administration\u2019s commitment are indeed sprouting. Continued attention to the small processor sector, via grants and loans or field based technical assistance is vital to help these enterprises grow and thrive in the years ahead. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The guest post from the Flower Hill Institute outlines progress made in diversifying and strengthening the meat and poultry processing industry in the US through the Biden Administration&#8217;s funding initiatives, such as cooperative expansions, regional enterprises, and tribal initiatives. 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