Oregon has received $755,077 for a grain milling project led by Northwest Mills and Specialty Grains. The funding is part of efforts to improve food supply chain infrastructure, focusing on storage, processing, and distribution, as per the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) release.
The project will be located at the Coyote Business Park, managed by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) near Pendleton. Planned facilities include new grain storage units, mills, two silos, and a truck scale. The project will process locally grown grains into milled products to support regional food security.
The grant comes through the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI), a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). The ODA administers the federal funds and has previously distributed $4 million to 24 projects addressing supply chain needs.
The RFSI program has allocated $420 million nationally through cooperative agreements with state agencies, funded by the American Rescue Plan of 2021. These initiatives aim to strengthen local and regional food systems by supporting infrastructure in the middle of the supply chain.
