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Traditional Native American Farmers Association Trip to Belize Part III: Che’il Mayan Chocolate
One of the highlights of our trip to Belize for the Indigenous Corn Conference and to visit Mayan farmers across […]
Traditional Native American Farmers Association Trip to Belize Part II: Farm Field Trips!
After attending the Indigenous Corn Conference for three days, we bid farewell to the village of San Miguel where we […]
Traditional Native American Farmers Association (TNAFA) Trip to Belize to Connect with Mayan Farmers Part 1: The Uchben Kah Corn Conference
Clayton Brascoupe helped to found the Traditional Native American Farmers Association (TNAFA) in 1992 as a means to increase interest […]
Great Lakes Intertribal Food Summit at Jijak Foundation, Gun Lake Potawatomi, April 21-24 2016 and April 19-23 2017
The second and third years of the Great Lakes Food Sovereignty Summit were hosted by the Gun Lake Potawatomi at […]
Great Lakes Intertribal Food Summit, hosted on the Meskwaki Settlement, May 9-13 2018
I have fallen woefully behind on keeping you all up to date on all of the amazing food and garden […]
Feeding a Movement: The Kitchens of the Standing Rock Camps
Since April, thousands of Indigenous people and their allies have converged on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation and treaty lands, […]
Ra Ndakuu & Taza “The Feast of the Sorcerer and the Eagle,” St. Paul MN
Sean Sherman, the Sioux Chef, has been revolutionizing the culinary world of the upper Midwest where he is based, (and […]
Slow Food Turtle Island
On February 22, representatives from Indigenous food projects around the country gathered at the Taos County Economic Development Corporation (TCEDC) […]
Native American Culinary Association (NACA) 2015 Indigenous Food Symposium
November 12-13 2015 the Native American Culinary Association and Tohono O’odham Community Action hosted the Celebration of Basketry and Native Food […]
From Garden Warriors to Good Seeds: Indigenizing the Local Food Movement 