NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CENTER

Rural cooperative development: nabc assists individuals and entities in the development, expansion, and operational improvement of rural businesses, specifically cooperatives and mutually owned businesses. These services focus on strategies to support a rural workforce, provide for economic development, and improve the quality of life for residents of rural western washington state.nabc's goals focus on strengthening the local food system and improving the economic condition of rural areas by working with diverse groups of farming cooperatives and producers throughout western washington. Nabc has facilitated the development of critical infrastructure to provide access to new markets for rural producers; introduced producers to federal, state, and local assistance programs; provided technical assistance to access these programs; and created new food assistance programs that source food from local producers.infrastructure development is a major component of this work. Nabc supports regional efforts to increase meat processing and has a leadership role in the development of a regional grain economy based on establishing grain storage and rail transload infrastructure in southwest washington.