Putting Tribal Sovereignty
in Food Sovereignty
The 2024 Bloomberg American Health Initiative Summit recently had a panel discussion that featured Kelli Case, Senior Staff Attorney at the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative and a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. The summit, held in Washington, D.C., brought...
Since its establishment in 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Office of Tribal Relations (OTR) has played an important role in helping advance Tribal food and agriculture. “OTR’s work for USDA is invaluable and has been a vital tether for...
Summary The Tribal Advisory Committee is hosting a two-day (Dec. 10-11) hybrid meeting during the Intertribal Agriculture Council’s Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Participants must register to join the meeting in-person, through a virtual webinar, and by...
Summary IFAI analyzed Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow’s proposed Farm Bill text here. There was a Friday addition to that bill language that IFAI is in the process of reviewing. Registration is open for the FDPIR Tribal Consultation on Dec....
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 invites Tribal leaders, Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservation staff, and proxies to attend a briefing session on Dec. 4 at 1 p.m. central ahead of the Tribal Consultation regarding FDPIR in Las Vegas, Nevada,...
The first season of Rooted Wisdom, a podcast produced by the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative, has featured stories and guests representing a variety of cross-sections within Tribal food and agriculture. For season one’s final episode, IFAI’s Director of...
The holidays are a time for family and food, but how safe are your food handling practices? With a little preparation, your holidays can be filled with fellowship and not food borne illness. According to the CDC, about 1 in 6 Americans, or 48 million people, get sick...
The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative’s legal and policy team have compiled a comment template letters that Tribes and Tribal leaders can use to help responses to a proposed study by U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service on the Food...
Today recently featured the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative's Executive Director, Carly Griffith Hotvedt, J.D. M.P.A. (Cherokee Nation), in an article titled Muktuk mukbang: How Indigenous TikTokers are sharing their traditional foods with the world. Read...