Construction of wastewater management structures.Īpplicants can include secondary activities which relate to the expansion of animal protein processing capacity, such as:.Purchase or upgrade cold storage to support the animal protein processing facilities.Purchase or upgrade processing and manufacturing equipment (including cutting equipment, mixers, grinders, breaders, sausage stuffers, smokers, curing equipment, pipes, motors, pumps, and valves).Purchase or upgrade mobile harvest and/or processing units and supporting equipment.Expand processing capacities to add species or increase volume.Purchase and install traditional implements and equipment necessary, with modifications as appropriate, for indigenous slaughter and processing methods.

Enhance infrastructure to improve humane handling and humane slaughter.Purchase, renovation, and modernization of an inoperable or outdated processing facility.Build, expand, or upgrade community indigenous meat, food-sovereignty harvesting/processing facilities (fixed or mobile).The primary purpose of all projects must be to expand or enhance indigenous animals and meat processing capacity in Indian Country.Īpplications must include indigenous animals and meat processing activities, such as: This project intends to fund projects which invest in Tribal Nations’ supply chain resiliency, indigenous animals, restoring local indigenous food systems, and indigenous processing methods, and expanding local capacity for the harvesting, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, or distribution (communal or commercial) of meat, poultry, seafood, and other animals that provide culturally appropriate food and food security to tribal communities. For any questions related to the Indigenous Animals Harvesting and Meat Processing Grant Program (IAG), contact Indigenous Animals Harvesting and Meat Processing Grant Program (IAG) is designed to support the priorities of Tribal Nations in meeting the needs of traditional harvesting methods and indigenous animals.

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