Awarded Grants

To develop and then expand a community garden greenhouse while enhancing our tribal capacity to increase food efficiencies and food production & distribution through new market channels.

Leverage development of a multi-species processing plant as a linchpin to achieve multiple ARMP goals: Restore commercial and wild bison herds and ideal grazing conditions; reconnect the community to traditional cultural foods; and improve economic opportunities for producers and communities through value-added agriculture and nature-based businesses.

The project will focus on increasing the skills and capacity of Wisconsin Indians and their tribes to create and produce value-added products as a means of economic development. To teach them to utilize equipment in a joint use process that will expand the availability of equipment more broadly.

Project will utilize the only dry-land farm on the Tohono O'odham Nation to create a learning environment for youth and adults to increase the capacity of existing farmers, increase participation of youth in farming and increase awareness of traditional Tohono O'odham and other native farming and food practices by 100%.

The Indigenous Foodways Project will increase production of healthful and traditional foods at Pauma Tribal Farms to improve tribal wellness, promote sustainable (climate-smart) economic development, and preserve cultural heritage.

The project will leverage seven projects to create a Navajo food co-op while increasing the growth of nutrient dense foods; cultivating business knowledge so farmers can write business and conservation plans and elevate their business by branding a logo. Kinship/Ke’ Festivals will be utilized to educate communities on food sovereignty.

This project will increase the scope of Ndee Bikiyaa’s Farmers Workshops series by adding agribusiness education and skill building. Through agribusiness education and training, participants will utilize skills acquired to strengthen their identity as farmers & stewards of the land and water and catalysts of local traditional food economies.

This is a Maskoke-controlled agricultural project designed to create a conservation/restoration mechanism for bison and sturgeon, while decolonizing Maskoke diet by reincorporating consumption of historically bioregional animal proteins and vegetables, all while retaining traditional language immersion practices surrounding agriculture.These agricultural endeavors also leverage the entire ecovillage project through generated revenue.

Our goal is to increase participants, so they stand to benefit from implementation of programming that contributes to positive community by providing residents of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation with retained Agricultural and Cultural knowledge as it relates to our homelands, for continued survival and growth in times of uncertainty.

The project will help increase our distribution numbers by making our produce available to more Tribal members. Being able to control what goes into our TSA boxes will also help us educate and manage a healthier form of diet to our participants. The goal is to develop healthier eating options.