Generous Project Donors To Date

Support the UMUT Food Sovereignty: Grocery Store, Native Food Incubator, and Indigenous Agriculture project.

Predevelopment planning support for the UMUT grocery store.

Towaoc food and economic incubator hub support.

Funding will support two major business development goals including 1) complete a business plan for grocery store, 2) support organizational development in the form of technical assistance in marketing, store layout and design, and supply chain development, 3) conduct site planning and design for grocery store, and 4) conduct site engineering and environmental review for grocery store.

Develop grocery store, launch FEED Business Accelerator and Incubator Program, and strengthen community food system in Towaoc, surrounding region, and native country.

Support the development of a regional and native food supply chain through a feasibility study, implementation plan, and pilot project. It will also support the UMUT’s collaboration with producers and food system organizations in the Four Corners Region to source local healthy food for its members.

Support for a food and economic incubator hub located on the reservation in Towaoc. The hub will be a source of healthy food, workforce training and entrepreneurship development, serving as a pathway to building a full-service grocery store. The hub will start and grow Native-run businesses, including a produce stand/grocery, market provision, commercial kitchen, coffee shop, butcher/deli, classroom space, and a fabrication lab featuring light manufacturing equipment.

Establish operations team for the Food and Economic Incubator Hub, hire Food System Coordinator and Program Manager, establish partnerships with food and farm businesses, begin Hub construction and design.

Develop a shipping container food and economic incubator hub to launch and grow many of the businesses that could later become pillars of the future grocery store.

Pre-development for the grocery store, including community engagement, store design and layout, grocery store workforce development program design, and architectural designs.