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06/19/2024

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🌾🐔Welcome to APPPA! 🐔🌾

The American Pastured Poultry Producers Association (APPPA) is a non-profit trade organization dedicated to encouraging the production, processing, marketing, and purchasing of poultry raised on pasture. We believe that pastured poultry is the ideal model for producing environmentally, emotionally, and economically sensible poultry. Our mission is to feed local communities with uniquely nutritious, delicious, and humanely-raised chicken, eggs, turkey, ducks, geese, and guineas.

At APPPA, we provide valuable resources to help producers stay competitive in the pastured poultry industry. Our members benefit from a range of topics, technical insights, regional networking, and informed discussions that keep them at the forefront of sustainable farming practices.

Join us for access to these educational resources and become part of a community dedicated to promoting a healthier, more sustainable way to raise poultry! 🐓🌱

📚 Learn more and become a member today: apppa.org

10/29/2023

08/26/2023

https://www.rd.usda.gov/newsroom/news-release/usda-makes-more-grants-available-meat-and-poultry-processors #:~:text=Applications%20must%20be%20submitted%20through,are%20available%20on%20Grants.gov.&text=The%20Meat%20and%20Poultry%20Processing%20Expansion%20Program%20provides%20grants%20to,processors%20to%20expand%20their%20capacity.

Pays 30% of a project.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2023 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Acting Under Secretary Roger Glendenning today announced that USDA is making more funding available for meat and poultry processors to expand operations, transform the food supply chain and create new and better ma...

10/26/2022

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03/31/2022

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First off, all federal grants require you to first obtain a DUNS number and then register in SAM. This process can take up to 4 weeks, so keep that in mind for proposal due dates.

02/25/2022

From NMPAN:

USDA Rural Development just announced they are making $150 million of American Rescue Plan Act funding available through the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP). USDA is offering grants of up to $25 million each to expand processing capacity through a variety of activities, including but not limited to construction, expansion of existing facilities, and acquisition of equipment. USDA will host two informational webinars to provide information on MPPEP. The first, Feb. 28 at 2 p.m. EST, will provide an overview of the program. The second, March 7 at 2 p.m. EST, will cover application requirements. For additional information, applicants and other interested parties are encouraged to visit the MPPEP website: www.rd.usda.gov/mppep. Questions may be submitted through the website or sent to [email protected]. Proposals are due April 11, 2022 through www.Grants.gov. Oregon: Oregon Dept. of Agriculture has just released a Request For Applications for meat processor grants of up to $500K each. Proposals are due March 23rd, 2022. Find out more at this website.

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National: Through the Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program, USDA will partner with lenders to guarantee loans of up to $40 million to help eligible entities expand meat and poultry processing capacity and finance other food supply chain infrastructure. Lenders may provide the loans to eligible cooperatives, corporations, for profits, nonprofits, Tribal communities, public bodies and people in rural and urban areas.

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Washington: The Washington State Dept. of Agriculture is launching a pilot grant program funded by the state legislature to support meat processors that serve small farms in Washington. Small projects proposals are due Feb. 28th and large project proposals due March 7th, 2022. Find out more at this website.

https://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=95585748&msgid=929716&act=PSSG&c=667158&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fagr.wa.gov%2Fservices%2Fgrant-opportunities%2Fmeat-processor-grant-en&cf=13913&v=887d7103b6e73ef524163fc9291f9760f2c9a484b160f2df0d812075e3efba13

Oregon Dept. of Agriculture has just released a Request For Applications for meat processor grants of up to $500K each. Proposals are due March 23rd, 2022. Find out more at this website.

https://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=95585748&msgid=929716&act=PSSG&c=667158&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oregon.gov%2Foda%2Fprograms%2FMarketAccess%2FMeatInitiative%2FPages%2FMeatProcessingGrant.aspx&cf=13913&v=97060259b71adad7116982caef6a890aeb5d6398e96a69cd0c6ecd54b0aba111

Applicants are now required to sign into Grants.gov with Login.gov credentials. Create and link your account now. Grants.gov will continue to support PIV and AMS authentication methods for federal users.

12/13/2021

$1B local processing funding announced today.

Panel with Sec Vilsack Tuesday Dec 14 pm. 👍

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2021 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced USDA is deploying $100 million under the new Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program to make available nearly $1 billion in loan guarantees; these loan guarantees will back private investment i...

07/10/2021

Plant in a Box now offers turnkey cold storage, Cut & Wrap, multi-species and red meat containers.

Go to the PIB website to custom build your dream facility, https://www.plantinabox.com/

We can help with the design details.

Happy Summer!

You can be optimistic about a Plant in a Box because we’ve been in your boots. We believe we have the best solution and once you learn more about the PIB we expect you to be as enthusiastic as we are about it.

12/09/2020

If you are close to Atlanta and interested in partnering in a USDA processing plant...

Atlanta Poultry Processing will launch in Spring 2021 as the first and only USDA inspected poul… Shaun Terry needs your support for Atlanta Poultry Processing

10/02/2020

Kentucky growers! Kentucky rolls out processing grant program. Including...

“USDA-inspected processors or those actively planning to become USDA-inspected may be eligible for the Large-Scale Processing Expansion (Level 3) investments. Processors interested in making extensive facility improvements to process more Kentucky meat products can receive up to $250,000 in funding.

Applicants for New Facilities (Level 4) can receive up to $250,000 in funding for USDA inspected facility development. A site visit by an advisory team specialist is required for Level 4.”

Everyone else, check with your state Ag Dept to see if you have similar opportunities.