Native Food Security

Projects under the Native Food Security focus area support the consistent access and abundance of culturally relevant foods to meet the community’s needs and preferences to ensure a healthy tribal community food system. We support communities to ensure traditional foods and foodways have a path to move from lack to abundance.

Projects

Native Food Pantry Initiative

In 2020, First Nations created the Food Pantry Initiative, an initiative that aims to provide Native American communities, organizations, and programs the resources needed to address food insecurity. ...

Past Project

Native Food Security

Western COVID-19 Response Grant

Indigenous communities continue to respond to challenges surrounding COVID-19, in terms of budgets, demands on staff, and resources overall. With the generous support of the May & Stanley Smith Ch...

Staff

Kristina Stanley

Lead Program Officer, Native Agriculture and Food Systems Investments

Ojibwe (Red Cliff)

Ethan Gallegos

Senior Program Officer, Native Agriculture and Food Systems Investments

Muscogee

Impact Stories

Bringing Fresh Foods to Zuni – From Fruits, to Vegetables, to Meat

Major Market Boosts Capacity to Deliver Quality Food When Darrell Tsabetsaye began his vision for a fresh food market on the Zuni Reservation in 1988, there were few options for just what he had in mi...