The Navajo Nation aims to support local Navajo agricultural producers, farm cooperatives, meat suppliers, including Navajo Agricultural Products Industry (NAPI), the tribal farm agribusiness enterprise of the Navajo Nation farming approximately 90,000 acres. Food boxes purchased from NAPI with Local Food Purchase Assistance Plus (LFPA Plus) funds will be distributed to 49,333 underserved Navajo households in 110 Chapter communities over a 10-month period in collaboration with Navajo Nation governmental resources, such as Community Health Representatives, local senior citizen centers and programs that serve elderly and priority clients. After priority clients are served, remaining food boxes will be distributed to local community residents.
The Navajo Nation Department of Agriculture (NNDA) will collaborate with tribal procurement offices to obtain purchase orders to NAPI to purchase fresh, minimally processed foods from NAPI. The Navajo Nation will utilize a cooperative partnership network with the Navajo Department of Health (NDOH) and Navajo Division of Children and Family Services (NCFS) to distribute food packages. NAPI has scheduled monthly deliveries of food boxes to Navajo Nation Chapter communities, all within "food deserts" where residents are required to travel distances to off-reservation regional market locations. NAPI food boxes will include fresh vegetables and minimally processed food products grown and processed at NAPI, such as flour, blue corn meal, white/yellow corn meal, pinto beans, and potatoes. These deliveries will be performed over a 10-month period to all 110 Chapter communities.