Products and Services
1. Locally Grown Food
2. Knowlegable about government
programs
3. Group vs individual Family
Histories
4. Reporting from Databases
"not on the beaten path"
Gains Creators
1. Indiana Department of Health LFPA Grants
2. USDA, NRCS, AMS grants and technical
assistance
3. Access to $50K USDA Micro-Loan
4. Individual contributors.
Pain Relievers
1. MHPC helps gov't programs "make their
numbers"!
2. Our focus on groups provides more anwers
that matter to more people
3. Yes, we help USDA with their "Black Problem",
as a means to our end of financing Family History
Gains
1. In 1935 NRCS was formed, a year after my
Dad graduated Tennessee State College in
Dad Agriculture. In 2023 MHPC was
awarded a $13K grant from NRCS.
2. In 2023 MHPC began a test of growing food
to finance Family History projects.
Customer Jobs
1. The USDA is 29
agencies dedicated to
making sure americans can
eat. As a BIPOC farmer my burden
is due to past discrimination of
Blacks and my family
2. The USDA needs to provide more
locally produced vegetables
3. Many Black Americans
have the need to find about
about their family's part
in the American story.
Pains
1. USDA has a "Black Problem".
Need to demonstrate
non-discrimination.
2. LFPA administrators ignore BIPOC
cost structures when pricing.
3. Bias in USDA policy causes BIPOC
farmers to fail. Need to reduce
the churn in BIPOC participants.
