BREAKING: Elgin farm receives funding to strengthen infrastructure

Published 3:02 pm Tuesday, July 1, 2025

ELGIN — An Elgin business is getting a funding infusion from the Oregon Department of Agriculture to strengthen food supply chain infrastructure.

Sitting Bull Farms will receive funding to build a food hub and shared kitchen, according to a July 1 press release. The aim is to provide a space for processing, manufacturing, storing and distributing regional produce and food products.

Sitting Bull Farms is one of seven projects across Oregon that will receive a total of $2.15 million in funding for infrastructure projects through the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service.

The other six projects are:

• Bohemia Food Hub in Cottage Grove
• Fry Family Farm in Medford
• Manitou in Warm Springs
• Mora Mora Farm in Springdale
• Mt. Hope Farms in Molalla
• Oregon State University’s Food Science Pilot Plant in Corvallis

More to come.