Mission Mountain Food Enterprise Center Located directly in the heart of Ronan, Montana, Mission Mountain Food Enterprise Center (MMFEC), a division of Lake County Community Development Corporation, is a fully functioning food processing research and development facility. The food processing facility is inspected by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Montana Department of Agriculture Organic Program. Since 2009 MMFEC has served as western Montana’s Food and Agriculture Development Center in the Montana Department of Agriculture’s Food and Agriculture Development Network. Mission Mountain Food Enterprise Center's Farm-to-Institution program connects local food service establishments to Montana producers and processors to expand market opportunities for Montana businesses. MMFEC works to increase access to healthy, local food by filling the processing gap for local fruits and vegetables and developing value-added products that make it easier for institutions to serve local foods. Western Montana Growers Cooperative The Western Montana Growers Cooperative (WMGC) is a coalition of growers in the Flathead, Jocko, Mission and Bitterroot Valleys whose goal is to provide the market in our region with fresh, quality products from our farms. To reach that goal, the cooperative provides a wholesale marketing and delivery service for its members. We strive to improve the "local food system" of our area by enhancing the sustainability of local farms and contributing to local economic growth, while reducing the demand of produce traveling long distances. By providing marketing and delivery, WMGC allows the farmer members to concentrate on producing great local food while making it more accessible to buyers. Our customers have access to all of our farms with one sales transaction and one delivery. Goods from farmers come to a central warehouse at the end of the sales day. The truck is loaded and deliveries are made the next day twice a week, year around for most locations ensuring fresh produce and – – convenient service for our customers. How We Work Together The farmers of WMGC grow the food; WMGC handles sales, aggregation and distribution; and MMFEC processes into more usable forms of foods. Our collaboration allows for more efficient and cost-effective processing of local foods. This means schools have access to local produce outside the peak summer growing season, reduced labor demands for processing whole produce, and more competitive pricing to meet budgetary requirements.
Mission Mountain Food Enterprise Center Located directly in the heart of Ronan, Montana, Mission Mountain Food Enterprise Center (MMFEC), a division of Lake County Community Development Corporation, is a fully functioning food processing research and development facility. The food processing facility is inspected by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Montana Department of Agriculture Organic Program. Since 2009 MMFEC has served as western Montana’s Food and Agriculture Development Center in the Montana Department of Agriculture’s Food and Agriculture Development Network. Mission Mountain Food Enterprise Center's Farm-to-Institution program connects local food service establishments to Montana producers and processors to expand market opportunities for Montana businesses. MMFEC works to increase access to healthy, local food by filling the processing gap for local fruits and vegetables and developing value-added products that make it easier for institutions to serve local foods. Western Montana Growers Cooperative The Western Montana Growers Cooperative (WMGC) is a coalition of growers in the Flathead, Jocko, Mission and Bitterroot Valleys whose goal is to provide the market in our region with fresh, quality products from our farms. To reach that goal, the cooperative provides a wholesale marketing and delivery service for its members. We strive to improve the "local food system" of our area by enhancing the sustainability of local farms and contributing to local economic growth, while reducing the demand of produce traveling long distances. By providing marketing and delivery, WMGC allows the farmer members to concentrate on producing great local food while making it more accessible to buyers. Our customers have access to all of our farms with one sales transaction and one delivery. Goods from farmers come to a central warehouse at the end of the sales day. The truck is loaded and deliveries are made the next day – twice a week, year around for most locations – ensuring fresh produce and convenient service for our customers. How We Work Together The farmers of WMGC grow the food; WMGC handles sales, aggregation and distribution; and MMFEC processes into more usable forms of foods. Our collaboration allows for more efficient and cost-effective processing of local foods. This means schools have access to local produce outside the peak summer growing season, reduced labor demands for processing whole produce, and more competitive pricing to meet budgetary requirements.
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