On February 22, representatives from Indigenous food projects around the country gathered at the Taos County Economic Development Corporation (TCEDC) […]
Archive for ‘Southwest (AZ&NM)’
Black Mesa Water Coalition Green Economy Project, Piñon AZ
After driving half an hour down a dusty red road, we came intoPiñon, a town on the Navajo Nation in […]
Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture, Kykotsmovi Village, AZ
The 1.5 million acre Hopi reservation is located in Arizona, surrounded on all sides by the Navajo Nation. The Hopi […]
Ndee Bikiyaa, “The People’s Farm,” White Mountain Apache Tribe, AZ
The one and a half million acre Fort Apache Reservation in eastern Arizona experiences all four seasons and a variety […]
San Xavier Co-op Farm, Tucson AZ
There four distinct communities that make up the expansive Tohono O’odham Nation; the “main reservation” that houses the capital in Sells, […]
Tohono O’odham Community Action (TOCA), Sells AZ
Tohono O’odham people have relied on the Sonoran desert (in what is now southern Arizona and northern Mexico),as a food […]
Cochiti Youth Experience (CYE), Cochiti Pueblo NM
The Cochiti Youth Experience (CYE) began as a 4-H program 20 years ago. One day in 2008, CYE co-founder Adae […]
Traditional Native American Farmers Association (TNAFA)
Clayton Brascoupe, one of the founders of the Traditional Native American Farmers Association (TNAFA) has lived in Tesuque for 40 […]
Zuni Youth Enrichment Program
The Zuni Youth Enrichment Program (ZYEP) began in part when Dr. Faber, a pediatrician who came to Zuni from Boston, […]
Tesuque Pueblo Farm, NM
Tesuque Pueblo is one of the 8 Northern Pueblos, nestled in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains about […]
From Garden Warriors to Good Seeds: Indigenizing the Local Food Movement 