The Mashkiiki Gitigan (Ojibway for “medicine garden”) was the brain child of the 24th Street Urban farm Coalition, a group of staff […]
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Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto, Slow Foods International. Turin, Italy
The Slow Food movement got its start in the late 1980’s when Carlo Petrini rallied friends and supporters to protest […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Nambe Pueblo Community Farm, Vineyard, and Buffalo Program
Located 20 miles north of Santa Fe at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Nambe (meaning ‘People of […]
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma Heritage Seeds
Our last stop in Oklahoma was not on our original list, but we kept hearing about the amazing garden and […]
Ponca Agricultural Program, Ponca City OK
Anyone who has ever met Amos Hinton, the Director of Agriculture for the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma, can attest to […]
Kanenhi:io Ionkwaienthon:hakie (We Are Planting Good Seeds): Akwesasne Mohawk Territory
Kanenhi:io Ionkwaienthon:hakie (Mohawk for “We Are Planting Good Seeds”) is a collective of farmers, educators, and entrepreneurs in the Akwesasne Mohawk […]
From Garden Warriors to Good Seeds: Indigenizing the Local Food Movement 