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⬇️ UPCOMING CONSULTATION/ CAUCUS INFO ⬇️ 🔶The FDP ⬇️ UPCOMING CONSULTATION/ CAUCUS INFO ⬇️

🔶The FDPIR Tribal Leaders Consultation working group will be meeting at the annual NAFDPIR conference in Niagara Falls on June 23, 2026. 

🔶 To prepare, IFAI and the NAFDPIR council will host a Tribal leader caucus on June 16, 2026 to opportunity to help those attending the upcoming consultation to be up to date on any policy changes and some background on consultation topics. 

🔶 Check out the full details on the policy brief in our bio!
✨Stay in the loop with what matters most! Last wee ✨Stay in the loop with what matters most! Last week, IFAI Executive Director Carly Griffith Hotvedt and Policy Specialist Jamie Black recently visited with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in Cherokee, NC to discuss the Tribal Governance Guide to Food and Agriculture.

The IFAI Midweek Round Up is here bringing you the latest on food sovereignty, ag policy updates, and stories from across Indian Country.

Don’t miss out! Read the newest edition and get subscribed at the link in our bio.
✨Join the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiati ✨Join the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI) for a webinar series on agricultural credit and loan self-advocacy for Native youth! In this four-part webinar series, we'll cover the basics of credit and loans, maintaining or repairing your credit, applying for loans, your rights as a consumer, resources for beginner farmers, and more! 
 
The next webinar will focus on understanding loans: how lenders evaluate potential borrowers for a loan, what to consider in choosing a lender, lending opportunities at FSA and other financial institutions, and advocating for yourself throughout the loan process.

🗓Register through the QR code or at the link in our bio.
Tribal Leaders and staff are invited to join the V Tribal Leaders and staff are invited to join the Virtual Tribal Leader Caucus on June 16, 2026 (1–2 PM CT) hosted by NAFDPIR and IFAI ahead of the upcoming FDPIR consultation.
Discussion topics will include:
	•	FDPIR policy updates
	•	Food package availability
	•	Funding and sustainability
	•	Indigenous food systems
	•	Technology and reporting
	•	FNS restructuring impacts
	•	Veterans’ disability payment exclusions
This event is closed to the press and open only to Tribal Leaders, staff, and proxies. 

🔗Register at the QR code or at the link in our bio.
📣Calling all Youth Summit Attendees!   In 48 days, 📣Calling all Youth Summit Attendees!
 
In 48 days, young leaders, producers, knowledge keepers and changemakers will gather to learn, share, and strengthen the future of indigenous food systems. From culture and community to land stewardship and food sovereignty, this summit is about uplifting the next generation.
 
✨The countdown begins. We can’t wait to gather with you.
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