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The Department of Agriculture has announced an extension for its Discrimination Financial Assistance Program, pushing the filing deadline from Oct. 31, 2023 to Jan. 13, 2024.
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The US Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced $15 million in 22 grant projects in support of the maple syrup industry across the country.
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The North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS) announced on Friday, September 15, 2023, it has acquired Owamni, the award-winning modern Indigenous full service restaurant in downtown Minneapolis. The James Beard Award-winning restaurant was previously owned by Ghost Dancer, LLC, a company co-owned by Sean Sherman (Oglala Sioux) and Dana Thompson.
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Proposed changes to regulations at the Department of Agriculture could help expand tribal access to technical assistance, per analysis by the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative at the University of Arkansas.
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The Native Farm Bill Coalition — convened six years ago to support Native priorities on the historic 2018 Farm Bill — feels good about a similarly positive performance with the 2023 Farm Bill, says representative Kayla Gebeck Carroll.
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Food is medicine, says ethnobotanist and food sovereignty activist Linda Black Elk. Unfortunately, a lot of Native communities have been denied or warned off of their own medicine, she adds.
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The Puyallup Tribe announced last week that it is entering the $2 billion confectionery industry with the purchase of Fife, Wash.-based candy maker AMES International Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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U.S. Reps Derek Kilmer and Nick Langworthy introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs for Tribal communities.
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The Tonto Apache Tribe said last week it would partner with Heritage Distilling Company to develop a spirits distillery and tasting room adjacent to the tribe’s Payson, Ariz.-based Mazatzal Hotel & Casino.
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Two Native enterprises purchased a stake in Arctic Circle Wild Seafood, a seafood purveyor based in the Inupiat Eskimo Village of Kotzebue, Alaska.