Posted on Jun 28, 2024
Growing local food businesses in the Midwest is at the heart of a new grant program
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Partners and collaborators will provide mentorship and technical assistance to local food producers and farmers in six states with an eye to tackling food scarcity.
Kneeling in the loamy Nebraska soil, Maya women from the Q’anjob’al community plant rows of corn. Once it is harvested, they dry and mill the corn into a fine meal for pupusas — a Central American comfort food common in El Salvador and Guatemala. Once the corn griddle cakes are cooked and paired with a filling, maybe chicharrón and quesillo, the women sell the pupusas to her neighbors.
Kneeling in the loamy Nebraska soil, Maya women from the Q’anjob’al community plant rows of corn. Once it is harvested, they dry and mill the corn into a fine meal for pupusas — a Central American comfort food common in El Salvador and Guatemala. Once the corn griddle cakes are cooked and paired with a filling, maybe chicharrón and quesillo, the women sell the pupusas to her neighbors.
Growing local food businesses in the Midwest is at the heart of a new grant program
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel This is an example of a local food economy at its most fundamental level, a representation of marrying agriculture and entrepreneurship to ensure a community has food on the table. In anticipation of the launch of the Heartland Regional Food Business Center’s business builder grant program later this summer, organizations like Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim based in Omaha, aim to continue growing local food enterprises.
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