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Technical Assistance Providers
In March 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the launch of a national Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity Technical Assistance Program (MPPTA) to provide technical assistance to meat and poultry grant applicants and grant-funded projects. Processors and applicants involved in the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant (MPIRG) program and the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) can access this technical assistance.
Flower Hill Institute
Flower Hill Institute serves as the Technical Assistance Coordinator for the Meat and Poultry Processing Technical Assistance (MPPTA) Program.
Flower Hill works with USDA grant applicants and grant-funded project managers to help match experts best suited to support its client’s project needs. They are joined by Oregon State University’s Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network, Intertribal Agriculture Council, American Association of Meat Processors, the American Meat Science Association, and the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute to expand and provide quality assistance for meat and poultry project capacity needs nationwide. All MPPTA TA providers will use both in-house resources and their connections within the industry, academia, and state and federal governments to connect stakeholders to four distinct technical assistance scopes in federal grant application management, business development and financial planning, meat and poultry processing technical and operational support, and supply chain development.
Agricultural Utilization Research Institute
AURI
The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute’s mission is to foster long-term economic benefit through value-added agricultural products. It accomplishes this by using science and technology to help develop new uses for agricultural products. It partners with producers, businesses and entrepreneurs to generate economic impact in Minnesota communities by helping businesses take advantage of innovative opportunities in four focus areas: biobased products, renewable energy, coproducts and food. AURI provides a broad range of services, including applied research and development, scientific assistance and a targeted network of resources to develop value-added uses for crops and coproducts.
Contact
Erik Evans (Media Inquiries), 612.704.1120
Ashley Harguth (Project Inquiries), 218.281.7600, ext. 127
Entrepreneur in Residence Program, EiR_request@auri.org
American Association of Meat Processors
AAMP
The American Association of Meat Processors (AAMP) is North America’s largest meat trade organization. Membership includes more than 1,600 medium-sized and smaller meat, poultry, and food businesses. Our in-house experts and industry connections can help small processors with issues concerning everything from food safety and HACCP plans to labeling and grant applications. Grant awardees who work with the Flower Hill Institute are eligible for a free 3-year membership with AAMP.
Contact
General Inquiries, aamp@aamp.com
American Meat Science Association
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AMSA
The American Meat Science Association is a broad-reaching organization of individuals that discovers, develops, and disseminates its collective meat science knowledge to provide leadership, education, and professional development. AMSA is an individual membership organization of more than 1000 meat scientists representing major university research and teaching institutions and meat processing companies in the United States and internationally. Its members conduct basic and applied research and education programs in muscle growth and development, meat quality, food safety, processing technology and consumer and marketing issues relevant to the international meat industry.
Intertribal Agriculture Council
IAC
Intertribal Agriculture Council's (IAC) Mission is to provide a unified effort to promote change in Indian agriculture for the benefit of Indian people. The IAC conducts a wide range of programs designed to further the goal of improving Indian Agriculture. The IAC promotes the Indian use of Indian resources and contracts with federal agencies to maximize resources for tribal members.
Read more on the IAC Organization Introduction sheet.
Contact
Tikaan Galbreath, Technical Assistance Director
Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network
NMPAN
NMPAN is a University Extension-based national community of practice of people and organizations helping small meat processors thrive by growing our shared wealth of information and innovation. NMPAN assists meat processors, producers, buyers, regulators, and others involved in this growing sector by coordinating, distributing, and developing information, education and resources to improve access to processing infrastructure and the long-term stability of this sector.
Tuskegee University
TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY
Tuskegee University’s Meat and Poultry Processing Technical Assistance (TU MPPTA) program will primarily address the needs of participants in the Alabama Blackbelt Region and throughout the greater Southeastern US (SE), specifically Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas, and West Virginia as well as other 1890 Land-Grant Institution (LGI) states, including Texas, Ohio, Missouri, Delaware, and Oklahoma. Further, the TU MPPTA will work closely as appropriate to broadly support the USDA’s efforts beyond these areas.
Contact
Tuskegee University MPPTA, MPPTAinfo@tuskegee.edu