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The report is designed to help the BIA and partnering agencies direct existing authorities, programs, and resources toward the seed and plant material needs that tribal nations have identified.
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USDA Announces Tribal Secure Seed Storage Agreement
The USDA’s Agricultural Research Service stores seeds at -20° Celsius in a secure vault, assumes all storage costs, and recognizes the depositor’s ownership.
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Measurable and Meaningful: Toward Indigenous FEWS at Nebraska Indian Community College
Through traditional gardening, renewable energy, environmental monitoring, and landscape restoration, NICC is making impressive gains in devising solutions to FEWS challenges.
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We Are What We Eat: The AIHEC Student Congress and Food Sovereignty
Every year, the newly elected officers of the AIHEC Student Congress (ASC) develop and adopt initiatives to focus their efforts throughout their term. The current ASC has decided to uphold this tradition by tackling an issue that directly affects every Native community and campus nationwide and abroad—food sovereignty.
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NWIC’s Lummi food sovereignty program gets financial boost
Food sovereignty is a topic that is being discussed increasingly throughout Indian Country. Tribal leaders and members realize that they can’t be completely sovereign if they rely on outside sources for their food.
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Food sovereignty highlighted at festival
Sticky hot weather under a tent for two weeks is a challenge for those who prefer the dry prairie of the Northern Plains or the cool climate of the Pacific Northwest.
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22-3 “Food Sovereignty” Resource Guide
I used to think that food was a rather benign subject. My experiences since moving to southern Arizona have shown how excited and protective people become when I teach about food as a political tool and promote Indigenous peoples reclaiming their heritage.
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Building on Tradition: Tribal colleges can lead the way to food sovereignty
Knowing that food sovereignty is an expression of tribal sovereignty, tribal college land grand educators learn from the past while banking on the future.
