Major Market, Inc
Zuni, NM
Awarded Grants
Consultant agreement
2022 Consultant agreement
Community Partners
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico
Funding Area
Description
First Nations hereby contracts with Consultant, Major Market, Inc. to increase jobs and producers' profits, to increase food budget dollars & the amount of locally-produced food within the community, and to shorten the food supply chain. The project will provide technical and financial assistance to MMI to help the store address supply chain issues, inflation, and long-term sustainability with the purchase of local, regional, and Indigenous food inventory; for contracting and installing a solar energy system; for technical assistance for MM! 's butchering staff; and for personnel and administrative costs associated with project management.
Major Market Inc - Strengthening Protein availability in Native American Communities
2020 Major Market Inc - Strengthening Protein availability in Native American Communities
Community Partners
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico
Funding Area
Description
Our goal is to create better access to healthy foods by introducing organic and non-GMO products into our native communities by introducing and retaining farm to table concepts including growing and raising vegetables, livestock utilizing local farmers and ranchers to procure supplies. Local farmers and ranchers can control available food supplies and we can help increase marketing of their products through retail and wholesale outlets and partners. By incorporating this process, we can help leverage the availability of fresh products and fair pricing of supplies based on customer demand. The concept is to retain farming and ranching operations.