Awarded Grants

The Medicine Meal Program will build food security as a direct asset and a means to leverage others in supporting Native food sovereignty through distributing culturally relevant monthly kits, managing partnerships with Native producers, and maintaining access to nutrition, equipment, and education.

The Hō’a’ā i Kanalani Gather Food Sovereignty Project will increase cultivation and production of traditional Hawaiian food plants to achieve food sovereignty; and increase native forest with traditional food plants to create a biodiverse food forest.

Provide free direct services to Native birthing families; grow a cohort of trained Indigenous birthworkers to serve Native birthing families; and support systemic change for improved maternal health outcomes and positive birthing experiences for Native birthing families.

We will contribute to community health and give economic opportunities by cultivating native foods and beekeeping, supporting farmers with supplemental income to grow food. We will create pathways for elders to share knowledge of recipes, medicine, cooking & food preservation for maternal health.