Putting Tribal SovereigntyMeat and Poultry Processing Technical Assistance Program
What We Do
The Meat and Poultry Processing Technical Assistance Program (MPPTA) is an initiative designed to help stakeholders in the meat and poultry market, with a heavy focus on small, rural, and Tribally owned processors. If you are looking to build or expand your processing or market capacity, click on the resources below.
- What is the MPPTA Program?
- Getting started with meat processing – meat quality factors, beef carcass value and cutting, and an introduction to USDA grant writing
- Meat Processing Index
- Marketing avenues for meat and poultry distribution
- Exploring different sale channels for processors
- Becoming a USDA vendor
- Tribal Colleges and Universities with meat processing or meat processing related programs
- States with poultry exemptions
- Navigating Avian Flu in the Supply Chain
- Targeting the New World Screwworm Fly