Awarded Grants

Create environment supportive of culturally based nutrition consciousness Create a student staff faculty population connected with gardens and educated in history and culture a and practice of gardening Utilize interdepartmental resources and expertise, AG, NAS, Cafeteria, Environmental Science Increase cultural nutrition knowledge among students, staff, faculty Increase the production of produce directly used in nhsc cafeteria Increase use of composting at NHSC Leverage local cultural experts to present to students faculty and staff

The ultimate purpose is to create a sustainable Tribal Community Garden on the Squaxin Island Reservation to grow traditional and non-traditional fruits, berries, nuts, vegetables, herbs and traditional medicinal plants for community consumption. The small-scale production of food will be distributed to Tribal members to increase community access to traditional, fresh, and healthy foods, reducing food insecurity. Education, outreach and participatory community involvement in the garden's development and implementation will improve community health and nutrition and build community. This project will also leverage and utilize Tribal community worker retraining programs, Tribal support, and Reservation land to build food sovereignty capacity.

The ultimate purpose is to 1) strengthen the connection between CFP's organic farming operation and tribal members, and 2) leverage CFP's farming assets to provide more fresh produce to the tribal community. CFP has developed significant production capacity that has seen increasing demand from Off-Reservation customers that are willing and able to pay premium prices. However, CFP wants to ensure that we supply as much of the fresh produce to the tribal community as possible. The LFA's primary purpose is to strengthen the connection between CFP and the tribal community, particularly the tribal students and low-income tribal families.

Native Giving match

The continuous purpose is the rehabilitation (bring us back to what we once were, self-sufficient & self-determined) of our native Hawaiian people by creating opportunities that has been suppressed over the past 100 years. Controlling our life's outcomes by self-governance, increasing our family household incomes, retaining control of our lands set aside in trust for our people and leveraging our farming, culture & language projects to catapult us toward self-sufficiency and self-determination.

Ultimate purpose: 1) utilize the one-acre Keya Wakpala Community Garden we established in 2015 to substantially increase the production and distribution of healthy food for our community; 2) expand the scope of the Community Farmers' Market and increase community participation at that market; 3) involve and educate community members in the full food production cycle: from cultivation to harvest to preservation and uses of garden produce; and from hunting and gathering to preservation and incorporation of traditional (wild) Lakota foods in everyday diets. Further, this project will leverage and strengthen key partnerships that can help promote food sovereignty.

The ultimate purpose of the proposed project is to 1) increase efficiencies in tribal member fish production, 2) increase tribal fish production volume in a concerted manner that safeguards ongoing healthy fish populations, 3) increase tribal member control of production and the market, 4) increase awareness of and access to local fresh-caught fish.

The ultimate purpose of this project is to utilize and retain the Tyonek Grown model for rural Alaska Native Villages to increase access to healthy and fresh foods and increase food security. The Tyonek Garden is an asset to the community as a place for employment, a revenue source, a place for gathering, and a food source. TTCD will use the Tyonek Grown model training other Alaska Native Villages on local food production, linking traditional customs (i.e. traditional food distribution) with entrepreneurial opportunities.

The ultimate purpose of this project is to increase economic opportunity on the Pine Ridge Reservation through ag economy, and continue to create a food system on the Pine Ridge Reservation. We will do this by leveraging our small demonstration farm by implementing a farmers market and begin to create value added products.

The purpose of this grant is to create an alternative way to ensure healthy and fresh produce for the residents of Fort Belknap. A community garden has already been established, however this can only be accessed for a short growing season. A greenhouse will ensure fresh produce would be available longer. Having fresh produce year around is a needed resource that has been non-existent before. Fort Belknap is experiencing a high rate of obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Fresh organic produce will ensure healthy eating habits and lifestyles prolonging lives and a better way of life on Fort Belknap.