Meskwaki Food Sovereignty Initiative & Local Foods

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.

COVID-19 Response

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.