Grantee Profile

Meskwaki Food Sovereignty Initiative & Local Foods

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3 Grants
$52,439 Total Awarded
2016 - 2023 Years

Awarded Grants

2023

Meskwaki Farm to School Program

2023 Meskwaki Farm to School Program

$10,000
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Community Partners

Other

Description

The project will utilize continued access to local foods through local procurement, increasing food soverignty of the tribe, and agricultural education efforts.It also leverages existing tribal assets to increase healthier food options for indigenous students, who live in a community with high rates of diabetes and other diet-related illnesses.

2016

Seed to Seed: Healthy traditional food access through seed sovereignty

2016 Seed to Seed: Healthy traditional food access through seed sovereignty

$27,439
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Community Partners

Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa

Description

This project utilizes indigenous foods knowledge to empower youth and increase access to healthy traditional foods. Through guided peer learning, youth create modern connections to native nutrition and healthy living while increasing access to and retaining control of Meskwaki heritage seeds and healthy traditional foods. Additionally, it creates new partnerships within Meskwaki tribal operations that retain and expand Meskwaki Food Sovereignty Initiative programs previously funded through AmeriCorps VISTA.