Putting Tribal SovereigntyS. 1050 – Forest Conservation Easement Program Act of 2025 Summary: Establishes a USDA program to fund forest land conservation through grants and easements. Indian Country Provisions: The bill includes Indian Tribes as eligible participants in the Forest Conservation...
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Food Safety Traceability
Download the PowerPoint Watch the Video Presentation Food Safety Modernization Act Enacted by Congress in 2011 as a law of general applicability Establishes a national standard for food safety risk mitigation and response across the food supply chain Designated the...
Navigating Food Safety Supply Chains
Download the PowerPoint Watch the Video Presentation Identify Production Output Levels and Market Requirements Identifying your potential scope or scale of production is an important first step: Scale: Level of production for one good Scope: Level of diversification,...
Credit Access and Financing Your Agriculture Operations
Download the PowerPoint Watch the Video Presentation Credit Basics Credit is a contractual agreement in which a borrower receives something of value now and agrees to repay the lender at some date in the future, generally with interest. Car loans, student loans, home...
Integrating Food Safety in Scaling Farm Enterprises
Download the PDF American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) carry an extensive legacy of trading foods between their people and amongst tribal nations. The ability to bring foods into commerce, whether for trade or purchase, has been a meaningful way for building...
How Tribal Departments of Agriculture Benefit Native Producers
Download the PDF Disaster Planning Native producers can benefit from enhanced emergency management planning and implementation provided by tribal departments of agriculture connecting with local operations to establish a network of local food growers. Provide a...
Identifying Business Structures for Tribal Citizens
Download the PDF Processors can structure activities under any number of business types, with some of the more prominent business structures for agri-food enterprises described below. Sole Proprietorship or General Partnership Not structuring a business is its own...
Tribal Department of Agriculture Support for Scaling Value Added Operators
Download the PDF What is a value added product? Products with a permanent change in their raw physical state, like turning berries into jam Are produced in a way that enhances the value of the raw product, like growing Certified Organic produce or foods carrying the...
Business Structure Decision Tree
Download the PDF Is the agricultural enterprise owned by a tribe or a tribal citizen(s)? Tribe | Tribal Citizen Tribe What does the tribe intend to structure this enterprise as? Part of tribal government Arm of Tribal Government Unincorporated instrumentality...
Structuring a Tribal Department of Agriculture Mind Map
Download the PDF How to organize the department This will depend on your governance structure. However, making your department a cabinet level position may put it at risk of dissolution if there is a change in administration. If consolidated Ag Programs are not a...