Putting Tribal Sovereignty
in Food Sovereignty
The University of Arkansas and the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI) proudly announce the newly-created Native American Student Services Director position on the UofA campus. This position, funded through a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Tribal...
The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI) at the University of Arkansas School of Law recently entered into a cooperative agreement with U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (USDA-FNS). This $500,000 award will support the...
The Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) is proposing changes to Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) and the Food Distribution Program (FDPIR) on Indian Reservation regulations. USDA’s goal for these changes is to increase program access and parity. The legal and...
Tribal Business News recently featured the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative's Director of Policy, Research, and Tribal Governance, Kristiana Coutu, about Indian Country food and agriculture as well as how new, proposed changes from the USDA could affect...
The Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) is proposing changes to Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) and the Food Distribution Program (FDPIR) on Indian Reservation regulations. USDA’s goal for these changes is to increase program access and parity. The Indigenous...
In 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed updates to its Department Regulations regarding USDA offices on reservations. Click the link below to download Tribal Briefing Materials distributed to Tribal leaders ahead of the September 2023 Consultation....
Senior Staff Attorney Kelli Case was in Cherokee, North Carolina at the end of August 2023 meeting with the Eastern Band Cherokee Nation to discuss the Farm Bill, meat processing, and all things IFAI. She was on hand for the ribbon cutting of the new Cherokee Tribal...
ICT News recently featured the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative's Associate Executive Director, Carly Griffith Hotvedt, about Indian Country food and agriculture as well as the Farm Bill process and the Native Farm Bill Coalition's priorities. Here is an...
Proposed changes to the Indian Arts and Crafts Act could impact Indian Country producers, gatherers, food business owners, and more! Check out the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative's analysis of the proposed regulatory changes by clicking here. Download the...
In addition to discretionary spending reductions, the Fiscal Responsibility Act includes dozens of rescissions of unobligated funding from previously passed legislation such as the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, and...