Awarded Grants

The ultimate purpose is to UTILIZE the fallow agricultural land within the pueblo and INCREASE the number of tribal members who participate in the agricultural sector and CREATE a Nambe Pueblo Community Farm brand. This phase of our project is focused on gaining access to more land on which we can grow food for the tribe and the bison herd. At the same time, we will also explore the possibilities of branding and promoting value-added products to the outside market to ensure this project can be a sustainable business enterprise for the tribe.

The ultimate purpose of this project is to 1)create a detailed description and nutritional analysis of the pre-Reservation Western Apache diet; 2) retain invaluable traditional knowledge, and use this knowledge to inform specific strategies to maintain both physical health and ecologically sustainable lifestyles; 3)make this knowledge available for community members to utilize and leverage in order to build health-related programs and businesses in Apache communities; and 4)increase the knowledge of community members, especially youth, of traditional Apache lifestyles and the traditional relationship with the natural world in general, and with food in particular.

The ultimate purpose of this project is to increase the availability of locally grown food and knowledge of sustainable gardening practices. This project will create a permaculture designed demonstration garden by retaining water and land resources for beneficial uses and utilizing traditional knowledge for educating the tribal community about use and harvesting of native plants. This project will also create an organic seed bank, provide entrepreneurship opportunities through a farmers market and provide tools and equipment for the community garden and greenhouse.

The ultimate purpose is to 1) create a self-sufficient food economy on Crow Creek through supporting local food production and connecting these entrepreneurs to consumers 2) significantly increase the number of tribal youth familiar with food production and entrepreneur activity to improve the food security of future generations. Further, this project will help us increase the self sufficiency of our foods program through helping us develop value-added products and leverage our resources to help us create a Fresh Food Financing product.

The ultimate purpose is to 1) create a program in which the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe's Community members can participate to learn and use the concepts and methods in sustainable food production and seed saving using the First Nations' heirlooms, 2) significantly increase the number of Community members familiar with them. Further, this project will help us utilize and even leverage/expand an existing outreach efforts in learning about and retaining the wealth and diversity of Southwest Tribe's heirloom seeds, because the new project will provide training and a venue where Community Members can learn to buy/prepare healthy food, supported by our partners' technical assistance, while bolstering our ongoing fundraising capability.

The ultimate purpose is to 1) retain the production of produce, 2) utilize an existing three-acre garden area to expand its distribution of produce, and 3) increase our existing volunteer program, which will provide basic skills in collecting and distributing produce.

The ultimate purpose is to 1) increase Board of Directors participation to leverage external funding sources; improve visibility and mission of the organization, understand roles/responsibility of board of directors, utilize board of directors skills in creating future projects relating to mission of organization, understand and retain fiduciary responsibility of BOD 2) provide Staff technical training in the following areas: financial/book keeping literacy, office management procedures, reporting guidelines, utilize staff managerial skills in planning for future and current projects, increase participation with current and future projects and 3) increase marketing potentials for Fiber Artisans working with value added products. Utilize and retain Fiber Artisans skills in creating value added products. Understanding the business of selling products to include: labeling products, customer service, inventory count of merchandise before and after a show sale, tax rates, creating business cards and learning about e-commerce sales.