From April 14-16, indigenous food producers and chefs from all around the Great Lakes region gathered at the Oneida Nation […]
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12th Annual Indigenous Farming Conference, White Earth Reservation, MN
On March 6-8 over 250 participants gathered at the Maplelag cross-country ski lodge on the White Earth Reservation for the 12th Annual […]
Food Is Our Medicine, Seneca Nation, New York
“Food is Our Medicine” is a phrase commonly used by naturopathic healers and Native people expressing the need for a […]
Whirling Thunder Organic Farm, Ho-Chunk Nation, Wisconsin
Located on what was once a llama ranch, and then a beef ranch, the goal of the Ho-Chunk Education Department’s […]
Tsyunhehkw^, Oneida Nation, Wisconsin
Tsyunhehkw^ (“life sustenance” in Oneida, pronounced Joon-heh-kwa) is a culturally based community agriculture program run by the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, […]
White Earth Land Recovery Project, Minnesota
For the past 25 years, the White Earth Land Recovery Project (WELP) has been working to not only recover land […]
Little Earth Urban Farm, Minneapolis MN
Nestled up against the Hiawatha Ave sound wall in a Minneapolis neighborhood famous for it Native American residents, the Little […]
Slim Buttes Agricultural Project, Pine Ridge Reservation, SD
Much of the media around Pine Ridge focuses on the poverty, suicide, alcoholism and poor life expectancy. While Pine Ridge is […]
Big Pine Paiute Tribe Sustainable Food System Development Project, Big Pine CA
After leaving Arizona in mid-July, we headed northwest, into the dry mountains of western California, to visit the Big Pine […]
Mvskoke Food Sovereignty Initiative (MFSI), Muscogee Creek Nation, Okmulgee OK
The Mvskoke Food Sovereignty Initiative (MFSI) is a non-profit grassroots organization that was founded in 2007 to help the Muscogee people […]
From Garden Warriors to Good Seeds: Indigenizing the Local Food Movement 