Diversification of production through rotation or planting/grazing of a wider variety of products, particularly specialty products with Native connections of other high perceived-value elements Diversification of sales outlets, including multiple processors, direct retail and online sales Development of processing, packaging and distribution capabilities to produce value-added and vertically integrated agricultural ventures Microlending, guaranteed purchasing and other small-scale support for the efforts of individual members to diversify or add value to their own production Negotiation of tribal agricultural consortiums and tribe-to-tribe purchasing agreements to help seed new development initiatives Increased mandates to purchase from within tribes or tribe-to-tribe for foodservice supply and tribal grocery retail Exploration of recyclable paper and carboard packaging opportunities for tribal timber production where suitable
Expansion of hunting and fishing activities for both tourists and tribal members to the extent supportable by the eco-system. This can be couple with the increase in RV camping and glamping initiatives already described Mining & Extraction Boom and bust is the nature of the mining and extraction sector and always has been. The current environment is but the latest example. The extreme decline is already being mitigated to some degree. Nevertheless, demand for most mining and extraction products will remain depressed in the U.S. for the next two years, as already discussed. There is little to be done to mitigate the effects beyond what is traditionally done in the sector, layoffs, temporary shuttering of facilities, production cuts and patience. One aspect worthy of more intensive focus is the same concept of tribal consortiums and tribe-to-tribe purchasing mentioned previously. The concepts are already in place for oil and gas, but only in their infancy. Expanded efforts to develop tribal networks for oil and gas and for other mined and extracted products should be among the major foci of the cooperative meetings between various tribal associations and tribes themselves advocated earlier in this report. Beyond such efforts, we have no significant additional prescriptions to offer, other than the same resigned patience always exhibited in the sector during difficult times. Our forecast shows that by 2023, the sector should be well on its way to restoration of profitable economic activity.
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