Topic: Encourage independence from commodity markets to support stable tribal markets. (View All Topics in the Plan)
Plan for entering specialty markets.
Market products to health food stores and local institutions, including local schools.
Encourage grass finishing and explore markets for grass-fed beef.
Encourage building Blackfeet processing and packing facilities.
Identify and promote branding and certification for tribal and/or environmentally -friendly products and explore production of organic products.
Take advantage of the geographic environment and better land practices to make more money on produce in specialty markets.
Promote honey production, in part, by supporting pollinator gardens.
Develop the Agriculture Resource Management Plan and consider climate change in production goals and objectives.
Create agriculture incentive programs to diversify agriculture profiles and move producers into cash crops that are less affected by climate...
Create a food code to define the safety standards for commercial production (e.g. fruit, nuts, cattle) to position people to...