Archive for ‘Seed Savers’
Slow Food Turtle Island
On February 22, representatives from Indigenous food projects around the country gathered at the Taos County Economic Development Corporation (TCEDC) […]
12th Annual Indigenous Farming Conference, White Earth Reservation, MN
On March 6-8 over 250 participants gathered at the Maplelag cross-country ski lodge on the White Earth Reservation for the 12th Annual […]
Tsyunhehkw^, Oneida Nation, Wisconsin
Tsyunhehkw^ (“life sustenance” in Oneida, pronounced Joon-heh-kwa) is a culturally based community agriculture program run by the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, […]
Mdewakanton Wozupi, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, MN
The amazing suite of food-related projects in the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) got its start when a tribal health […]
Dream of Wild Health, Hugo MN
Dream of Wild Health is a 10 acre non-profit farm in Hugo MN, about 45 minutes north of the Twin […]
White Earth Land Recovery Project, Minnesota
For the past 25 years, the White Earth Land Recovery Project (WELP) has been working to not only recover land […]
Mashkiikii Gitigan Medicine Garden, Minneapolis MN
The Mashkiiki Gitigan (Ojibway for “medicine garden”) was the brain child of the 24th Street Urban farm Coalition, a group of staff […]
Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto, Slow Foods International. Turin, Italy
The Slow Food movement got its start in the late 1980’s when Carlo Petrini rallied friends and supporters to protest […]
Cochiti Youth Experience (CYE), Cochiti Pueblo NM
The Cochiti Youth Experience (CYE) began as a 4-H program 20 years ago. One day in 2008, CYE co-founder Adae […]
Traditional Native American Farmers Association (TNAFA)
Clayton Brascoupe, one of the founders of the Traditional Native American Farmers Association (TNAFA) has lived in Tesuque for 40 […]
From Garden Warriors to Good Seeds: Indigenizing the Local Food Movement