Support Us!
NMPAN by the Numbers:
Our listserv and monthly newsletter have:
We provide technical assistance to this many processors each year:
Our website receives over:
Our YouTube channel has:
Our listserv and monthly newsletter have:
Our newsletter has a double the industry standard:
Our Our website receives 20,000 to:
Our youtube channel has:
NMPAN membership is free and open to anybody in the meat business or related services. Currently, that membership looks like this:
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36% meat processing (custom, state, & USDA inspected plants, slaughter through retail butchering, mostly small and very small plants)
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28% meat producers (farmers & ranchers)
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18% other (suppliers, consultants, NGOs)
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10% academia and government
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7% meat brands/brokers/distributors
Business Sponsorships
Businesses that share NMPAN’s mission have supported our work since our inception, in different ways. As a project housed within a public university and the national Cooperative Extension system, NMPAN cannot endorse any specific businesses or their products. However, we can thank our business sponsors in the following ways:
- List your business in the “Supporters” section on the “What is NMPAN page”
- Get listed on our “Equipment, Supplier, and Consultant Resources” webpage
- List your business as a supporter on the bottom footer of our monthly newsletter
Business sponsors are also welcome to:
- Post classifieds and events in our monthly newsletter
- Join and contribute to our listserv, which is an active group of 1,800 people asking questions and sharing advice about meat and poultry processing
Our Business Sponsors
Business Sponsor Levels
Gold Level Support
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listed as part of our 10 for 10 for 10 campaign on a special webpage
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listed on our website under supporters
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listed on the footer of our newsletter for 12 months
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all other benefits described above
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Current sponsors include: National Pork Board
Silver Level Support
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listed on our website under supporters
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listed on the footer of our newsletter 4 times over the year
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all other benefits described above
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Current sponsors include: Ultrasource LLC, Lorentz Meats, & Vermont Packinghouse
Bronze Level Support
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listed on our website under supporters
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listed on the footer of our newsletter for 1 month
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all other benefits described above
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Current sponsors include: Bunzl Processing Division, Mission Meats
Annual Supporter Levels
Just like public radio, NMPAN only exists with your support. We do not receive any funding through our sponsor university and must raise all of our funds to operate. If you think our work is valuable, please consider becoming an annual supporter of our work. Click on this link to donate easily through the OSU Foundation portal. Make sure you mark that you want to give to the Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems. Then when the page has a comment fields, write in “Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network” since we are a project of the Center. Annual supporter levels are below.
You can also donate by check if you prefer.
Please make checks payable to “OSU Foundation” and write “Small Farms & Community Food Systems – Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network” in the memo line so that the funds come to our program. Send to:
OSU Foundation
4238 SW Research Way.
Corvallis, OR 97333-1068
If you are interested in becoming a business sponsor or joining our annual supporter program at a different level or should you need an invoice, please contact NMPAN Director Rebecca Thistlethwaite at thistler@oregonstate.edu or call 541-806-1526. You can also donate now at this link through the secure OSU Foundation portal.
