4-A Packing LLC

4-A Packing LLC is a for-profit limited liability company based in New Mexico that has been registered to receive federal awards since 2016. The company provides goods and services related to the development, coordination, and expansion of local and regional food systems.

Over the past few years, 4-A Packing LLC has received multiple project grants from the Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service Washington Office Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) and the Value-Added Agricultural Product Market Development Grants program. In 2023, the company was awarded a $250,000 FMLFPP grant to deliver products and services aimed at developing, coordinating, and expanding local and regional food systems over a two-year period. Similarly, in 2022, 4-A Packing LLC received another $250,000 FMLFPP grant to support its efforts in adding value to locally produced agricultural products and developing new market opportunities for producers in New Mexico through September 2024. The company also secured a $250,000 Value-Added Agricultural Product Market Development grant in 2020, suggesting its involvement in projects related to promoting and marketing value-added agricultural products. These grants indicate that 4-A Packing LLC plays a role in coordinating local food production and sales, assisting producers with market access, implementing new marketing strategies, and enhancing aggregation, storage, processing, and distribution capabilities for local and regional food systems.