Putting Tribal Sovereignty
in Food Sovereignty
FSA County Committee and Local Administrative Areas - Tribal Jurisdiction Breakdown The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) supports farms and farming communities with disaster relief, conservation programs, commodity price guarantee programs,...
With the generous support of MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI) released Facilitating True Nation-to-Nation Dialogue: A Guide to Effective and Meaningful Consultation with Tribal Governments to provide direction...
The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative, with the generous support of MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, compiled a report titled Facilitating True Nation-to-Nation Dialogue: A Guide to Effective and Meaningful Consultation with Tribal Governments. In many...
IFAI’s legal and policy teams compiled a policy analysis regarding the potential regulation of Native-produced Agricultural Products under the Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA). The Bureau of Indian Affairs recently announced that the agency would be revising the...
As a founding organization and official research partner for the Native Farm Bill Coalition, the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative authored a report titled Gaining Ground: A Report on the 2018 Farm Bill Successes for Indian Country and Opportunities for 2023....
The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative, along with its partners at the Native Farm Bill Coalition, helped develop Tribal leader briefing documents ahead of the Tribal Consultations regarding the White House's National Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and...
The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative, along with partners from the Intertribal Agriculture Council and Intertribal Buffalo Council, developed Tribal leader briefing materials for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Tribal Consultation series in April...
The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative partnered with the Intertribal Agriculture Council, National Congress of American Indians, and the Intertribal Buffalo Council to develop briefing materials ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Tribal...
The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI) and Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC) have partnered together to create this set of briefing materials for the USDA's Creating a Tribal Action Plan for a Fairer, more Competitive and More Resilient Meat and...
First Nations Development Institute collaborated with the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI) at the University of Arkansas to create a resource publication to provide fundamental information on meat supply chains (including related policies,...