Siskiyou county Board of Directors:
We are a group of area livestock, produce and food producers and ranchers who are interested in a community based non profit organization that will facilitate distribution of our products on a regional basis. We are in the process of acting on a feasibility study completed in 2005 for purchasing and operating a certified organic mobile slaughter facility that will serve in Northern CA, Southern OR and other regional areas as needed. This unit will be based in Siskiyou County and will be run and operated by the Cal Ore Agricultural Producers Association. A certified organic community USDA and FDA kitchen is part of the plan, to allow processors who have outgrown the local start up community kitchen facilities the next step up in processing.
This association is to be many faceted, and will include but not be limited to the following.
1. Mobile USDA slaughter facility
2. USDA and FDA community kitchens
3. Warehouse, distribution and shipping center
4. Compost center
5. Research and development of markets for sustainable agriculture in rural Siskiyou and outlying communities
6. Community Supported Agriculture Outlet
With this goal in mind, we would like to ask your support for funding from the PTAA
for a feasibility study and a marketing plan. Please feel free to contact me for any
information you should require.
Sincerely Yours,