While many tribes implement food sovereignty programs to help their own communities, other tribes engage in food production and distribution to gain economic self-sufficiency by establishing food-based businesses.

USDA is partnering with tribal-serving organizations on projects to reimagine federal food and agriculture programs from an Indigenous perspective and inform future USDA programs and policies. Indigenous foods are nutritious, well-adapted to local climates, and serve an important role in traditional foodways.

Tribal food sovereignty represents the right of Tribal Nations to control their food systems, including the cultivation, harvesting, production, and distribution of food. When colonial settlers arrived and forcibly relocated Tribes from their ancestral lands, these traditional food systems were severely disrupted.

2025年1月17日 · This resource guide provides information on federal resources from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and several agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that can address food insecurity and …

2024年6月5日 · This project will improve wild rice habitat to support Tribal food sovereignty by replacing road stream crossing on the Wisconsin River.

This directory includes 125 funding resources and other means of support for individual Native food producers, tribal nations and organizations working to establish, grow and sustain their food production, sovereignty and security efforts.

Indigenous Food Sovereignty is the ability for tribal nations and communities to feed their own people on their own terms. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is partnering with tribal-serving organizations to reimagine foodways from an Indigenous perspective.

Tribal food sovereignty advocates for Indigenous rights to traditional practices, de velopment of local food economies, the right to food, seed sovereignty, and access to lands with culturally important foods.

Communities that exhibit tribal food sustainability and food sovereignty are those that: Have access to healthy food; Have foods that are culturally appropriate; Grow, gather, hunt, and fish in ways that is maintainable over the long-term; Distribute foods in ways so people get what they need to stay healthy

This project helps Native food producers increase Native food security in their tribal communities and expand local and regional access to traditional foods. The project is made possible through a three-year grant from the USDA- Agricultural Marketing Service – Local Food Promotion Program.