Construction began this month on Major Market in New Mexico. Using a $1 million Kellogg Foundation grant and PRI (program related investment) RCAC helped to fund the organic market and deli in New Mexico. The market is owned and operated by Darrell Tsabetsaye and his family, all Zuni Tribe members.

The market’s groundbreaking represents the culmination of years of work from the Tsabetsaye family, who previously owned a smaller convenience store that they eventually sold. The new market will have a fresh concept based around healthy eating options, and will even supply food to local schools and health clinics on the reservation.

Read more here: https://www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/western-new-mexico-tribe-getting-1st-organic-food-store/5503376/

Read the full RCAC success story here: https://www.rcac.org/success-stories/investment-collaborative-helps-fund-native-owned-business/