Putting Tribal Sovereignty
in Food Sovereignty
The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative's comparison summary provides an analysis of Tribal-specific provisons included in H.R. 8467 - Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 and the Rural Prospecrity and Food Security Act of 2024. IFAI serves as the...
January 2025 Farm Bill Update Extending Farm Bills while drafting successors was once rare but has become common. The 118th Congress didn't reauthorize the 2018 Farm Bill. Instead, they opted for two single-year extensions in November 2023 and December 2024. The...
On the week of Nov. 18, 2022, the Senate Majority released its Farm Bill text, with IFAI providing a summary of Tribal priorities contained in the released proposed statutory language. Click the button below to download IFAI’s summary of the proposed...
The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative’s (IFAI) Senior Staff Attorney, Kelli Case (Chickasaw Nation) J.D., recently highlighted the Farm Bill process and Tribal priorities in an informational question and answer session. Check out Case's respones below to...
The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative's legal and policy team have compiled comment template letters that Tribes and Tribal leaders can use to help draft official responses to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Tribal Self-Determination...
The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative’s (IFAI) Director of Research, Policy, and Tribal Governance, Kristiana Coutu, J.D. recently discussed how the Farm Bill works, where Congress is in the current legislative process, and Indian Country provisions included...
IFAI Releases Summary of Tribal Specific Provisions in House Agriculture Committee Farm Bill Language The House Agriculture Committee recently passed its Farm Bill language. The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative's policy and legal research experts have...
2018 Farm Bill Implementation Tracker Wondering where the 2018 Tribal provisions stand at the U.S. Department of Agriculture? Check out the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative's 2018 Farm Bill Implementation Tracker developed alongside partners at the Native...
Southwest and Great Basin FAQs - Farm Bill Roundtables 2021-2022 This region largely encapsulates Tribes and intertribal organizations from the southwestern U.S., including the Tribes of the Great Basin. Some attendees were from urban Indian communities in search of...
Southern Great Plains FAQs - Farm Bill Roundtables 2021-2022 This region largely encapsulates Tribes and intertribal organizations from the central U.S. south of the Dakotas. Roundtable attendees included Tribal government leaders and their agriculture and land staff....