{"id":29645,"date":"2022-11-15T00:01:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T05:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=29645"},"modified":"2022-11-15T00:58:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T05:58:57","slug":"usda-promotes-indigenous-food-sovereignty-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/11\/15\/usda-promotes-indigenous-food-sovereignty-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA promotes Indigenous Food Sovereignty Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":" <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/11\/15\/usda-promotes-indigenous-food-sovereignty-initiative\/whitehousetribalyouthsummit\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29648\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1681\" data-attachment-id=\"29648\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/11\/15\/usda-promotes-indigenous-food-sovereignty-initiative\/whitehousetribalyouthsummit\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/15\/WhiteHouseTribalYouthSummit-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1681\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Christophe Paul&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D850&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;On Monday, November 14, 2022, USDA Office of Tribal Relations Director Heather Dawn Thompson, (left), FNS Deputy Under Secretary Stacy Dean and Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh led a cooking demonstration and conversation about Indigenous food sovereignty for tribal youth as part of the White House Tribal Youth Summit, a pre-event to the Nov. 30-Dec. 1 White House Tribal Leaders Summit. This event featured a cooking demonstrations by award-winning Native American chefs and restaurateurs Sean Sherman and Crystal Wahpepah, followed by a sampling of these dishes and conversation about Food Sovereignty.  The daylong form was hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.\\r \\rThis event ties into the USDA Indigenous Food Sovereignty Initiative, which promotes traditional food ways, Indian Country food and agriculture markets, and Indigenous health through foods tailored to American Indian\/Alaska Native (AI\/AN) dietary needs. Learn about new cooking videos, recipes, foraging guides, and other resources to promote Indigenous food ways at: https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/tribalrelations\/usda-programs-and-services\/usda-indigenous-food-sovereignty-initiative. (USDA photos by Christophe D. Paul)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1668444818&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"White House Tribal Youth Forum\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;White House Tribal Youth Forum&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Native food products on display at the White House Tribal Youth Forum in Washington, D.C., on November 14, 2022. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/usdagov\/52499644147\/&gt;Cristophe D. Paul \/ U.S. Department of Agriculture&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/15\/WhiteHouseTribalYouthSummit-1024x672.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/15\/WhiteHouseTribalYouthSummit-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"White House Tribal Youth Forum\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29648\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Native food products on display at the White House Tribal Youth Forum in Washington, D.C., on November 14, 2022. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/usdagov\/52499644147\/>Cristophe D. Paul \/ U.S. Department of Agriculture<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">USDA Announces New Resources to Empower Indigenous Food Sovereignty<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Tuesday, November 15, 2022<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<EM>The following is the text of a November 14, 2022, news release from the <a href=https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/>Department of Agriculture<\/a>.<\/em>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nWASHINGTON, D.C.   &#8212; U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced new resources and new agreements of the USDA Indigenous Food Sovereignty Initiative, which promotes traditional food ways, Indian Country food and agriculture markets, and Indigenous health through foods tailored to American Indian\/Alaska Native (AI\/AN) dietary needs. USDA is partnering with tribal-serving organizations on these projects to reimagine federal food and agriculture programs from an Indigenous perspective and inform future USDA programs and policies. The USDA Food Sovereignty Initiative was one of several efforts <a hre=fhttps:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/11\/16\/department-of-agriculture-announces-indian-country-initiatives\/>announced at the 2021 White House Tribal Nations Summit<\/a> to better serve tribal governments, citizens, and organizations.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cUSDA is committed to empowering tribal self-determination and bringing Indigenous perspectives into agriculture, food, and nutrition,\u201d said Secretary Vilsack. \u201cThese new videos, publications, and guides will support Indian Country and educate the wider agriculture community.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">White House Tribal Youth Forum <\/div>\r\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/usdagov\/albums\/72177720303679856\" title=\"White House Tribal Youth Summit \u2013 Indigenous Food Sovereignty Panel &amp; Cooking Demonstration Event, November 14\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52499645812_6d6ea357e8_b.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"White House Tribal Youth Summit \u2013 Indigenous Food Sovereignty Panel &amp; Cooking Demonstration Event, November 14\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">USDA Photo Album: <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/usdagov\/albums\/72177720303679856> Indigenous Food Sovereignty Initiative<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe new resources raise awareness of Indigenous and native foods at USDA and among tribal youth, communities, and Native agricultural producers. Created in partnership with tribal-serving organizations, these new resources include:\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>A users\u2019 manual for interested ranchers titled \u201cTransitioning from Cattle to Bison,\u201d created in partnership with Intertribal Buffalo Council (ITBC).<\/li>\r\n<li>Regional Seed Saving Hubs created in partnership with Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance Indigenous Seed Keepers Network (ISKN). Six seed cleaning\/fanning mills were purchased and distributed to help establish regional Indigenous seed hubs in the Midwest region and Southwest\/Western region.<\/li>\r\n<li>Twelve videos on foraging wild and Indigenous plants, produced in partnership with foraging and ethnobotany experts Linda Black Elk, Lisa Iron Cloud (Oglala Sioux), and Addelina Lucero (Taos Pueblo\/Yaqui). The videos highlight how sustainable foraging practices can increase nutrition security and promote sustainable Indigenous foods. These videos look at foraging in the Midwest, Mountain Plains, and Southwest regions.<\/li>\r\n<li>Twelve recipes and instructional cooking videos using Indigenous foods. The recipes and videos show ways to integrate foraged and Indigenous foods with foods available through USDA\u2019s Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR). In partnership with the North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS), the videos feature award-winning chefs and restaurateurs Chefs Sean Sherman (Oglala Sioux) and Crystal Wahpepah (Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma). The recipes and videos focus on foods in the Midwest, Mountain Plains, and Southwest\/West regions.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><\/p><div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div><P><\/P>\r\nIn addition to these resources, USDA is also announcing new cooperative agreements with tribal-serving organizations that will expand the USDA Indigenous Food Sovereignty Initiative. These new agreements include:\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>USDA will partner with Native Realities media company and Dr. Lee Francis (aka Indigi-Genius) to produce \u201cSovereignty Gardens,\u201d a short form digital media series combining puppetry, animation, and live action video to engage Native youth in food sovereignty and gardening.<\/li>\r\n<li>USDA will partner with new foragers and new chefs to create additional recipes and videos on foraging and cooking Indigenous foods for the Northeast and Southeast regions.<\/li>\r\n<li>USDA\u2019s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) will partner with two tribal land grant colleges (Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College and United Tribes Technical College) on Great Plains Indigenous seeds and plants research. This research centers around Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK).<\/li>\r\n<li>USDA will partner with Intertribal Buffalo Council (ITBC) to produce a handbook on the best practices for the humane handling and harvesting of bison in the field, a hands-on curriculum and training focused on food sovereignty and food safety of bison field processing, and a model for a mobile bison field processing trailer.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe USDA Indigenous Food Sovereignty Initiative is part of the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s and USDA\u2019s commitment to empower tribal self-determination, promote equity and remove barriers to services and programs, and incorporate Indigenous perspectives into agriculture.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLearn more about these new USDA Indigenous Food Sovereignty resources at the <a href=https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/tribalrelations\/usda-programs-and-services\/usda-indigenous-food-sovereignty-initiative>USDA Office of Tribal Relations website<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p><HR><EM>\r\nUSDA touches the lives of all Americans each day in so many positive ways. Under the Biden-Harris Administration, USDA is transforming America\u2019s food system with a greater focus on more resilient local and regional food production, promoting competition and fairer markets for all producers, ensuring access to safe, healthy and nutritious food in all communities, building new markets and streams of income for farmers and producers using climate-smart food and forestry practices, making historic investments in infrastructure and clean energy capabilities in rural America, and committing to equity across the Department by removing systemic barriers and building a workforce more representative of America. To learn more, visit <a href=https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/>usda.gov<\/a>.<\/em><HR>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cUSDA is committed to empowering tribal self-determination and bringing Indigenous perspectives into agriculture, food, and nutrition,\u201d said Secretary Tom Vilsack.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19,1,14],"tags":[3617,379,2230,346,40,622,3615,3616,3538,3191,2067,220,1235,165,2179,556,2390,102],"class_list":["post-29645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-health","category-national","category-politics","tag-addelina-lucero","tag-bison","tag-crystal-wahpepah","tag-dc","tag-food","tag-itbc","tag-linda-black-elk","tag-lisa-iron-cloud","tag-nafsa","tag-natifs","tag-sean-sherman","tag-sovereignty","tag-tom-vilsack","tag-tribal-colleges","tag-tribal-nations-summit","tag-usda","tag-whtns","tag-youth","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/15\/WhiteHouseTribalYouthSummit-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-7I9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}