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Montana Free Press: Fort Belknap Indian Community signs conservation agreement (July 29, 2024)

The Department of Agriculture and the Fort Belknap Indian Community are partnering on a grassland conservation initiative, a first for a tribe in Montana.

Native America Calling: Alaska Native foodways, gardening and agriculture in the classroom (June 28, 2024)

What’s on The Menu? Join Native America Calling for more on Alaska Native food, gardening and a new Bureau of Indian Education program.

House Committee on Appropriations American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing Day 2, Morning Session

AUDIO: American Indian & Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing: Day 2, Morning Session (May 16, 2024)

The House Committee on Appropriations heard from dozens of Indian Country leaders who testified about their funding needs.

Native America Calling: The state of Native agriculture on The Menu (March 29, 2024)

What’s on The Menu? The state of Native agriculture, wild onion season and Native matriarchs.

Native America Calling: Native agriculture and Native business (February 29, 2024)

Native agriculture is now a $6.4 billion industry, doubling in sales from 2017 to 2022.

Cronkite News: Native farmers take advantage of new opportunities (February 15, 2024)

According to the Department of Agriculture, 59 percent of farmers in Arizona were Native, more than any other state.

Cronkite News: Senate committee looks at water in Indian Country (September 28, 2023)

The Navajo Nation Council is 100 years old this year – and the Navajo Nation’s fight for water access has been going on for at least that long.

Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts roundtable on upcoming Farm Bill (March 23, 2023)

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is hosting a roundtable to hear about Native priorities for the upcoming Farm Bill.

Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation advocates for food sovereignty (February 13, 2023)

At the Cherokee Nation, we are especially mindful that without food sovereignty, all other aspects of our sovereignty will be at risk.

Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation offers relief for farmers and ranchers (August 15, 2022)

We have a responsibility to step up for our farmers and ranchers in their time of need.

Native America Calling: Federal funds add muscle to tribal meat processing (June 6, 2022)

Native America Calling talks with agriculture advocates about efforts to leverage the federal money to diversify the meat processing industry.

Native America Calling: Indigenous farmworkers (March 31, 2022)

Numbers are hard to come by, but one survey found the number of Indigenous farmworkers in California alone reached 140,000.

Native America Calling: Everything costs more (March 24, 2022)

Affording the basics is becoming harder every day as inflation continues to creep higher.

Native America Calling: Aquaculture for profit and the planet (October 7, 2021)

Kelp farming is a potentially profitable economic development venture for some coastal tribes.

Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation addresses food security amid COVID-19 (October 27, 2020)

Food security is always an issue for our citizenry and it has only been magnified during the COVID-19 crisis.

Yurok Tribe expands food sovereignty efforts (September 9, 2020)

The Yurok Agricultural Corporation recently purchased 26-acres of land that will be used to develop a culturally relevant food sovereignty program on the Yurok Reservation in northern California.

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