Building Native Agriculture - Webinar Series
The Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) webinar series “Sowing the Seeds of Growth through Capacity Building” focuses on how foodways, cultures, and needs tie into the different building blocks for Indigenous agriculture systems. This series, hosted by the NAAF, supports Tribes and Tribal organizations as they work to build their own robust economies in agriculture.
Standing Up Infrastructure
Funding Opportunities and Writing a Grant
Strategic Planning and Feasability
Standing Up Infrastructure - Are you interested in building or enhancing infrastructure in your tribal community? Learn more from this episode of Building Native Agriculture.
Labor and Training Opportunities
Are you wanting to know more about how to find labor and support for your agriculture operation? Watch this episode to learn more about training and data resources, and training development and funding availability
There are several funding opportunities available for your agriculture operation. Learn more about how to find, schedule, and write grant proposals.
Hazard Analysis Critical control point (Haccp) and food safety plans
Do you have questions on how to develop a food safety plan for your processing plant? Learn more from our guest speaker on the seven principles of HACCP and additional resources Native producers have available to them
In this episode learn how foodways, cultures, and needs tie into business plans – the foundation for Indigenous agriculture systems.
Using Tribal product in retail and Vertical Integration
Have you been considering what it takes to put Tribal produced products on the market? Learn more about the different skills you need to build your distribution processes.
How tribal Foods tie into feeding programs
Do you want Native foods to be a part of federal feeding programs? Learn how to support Native communities in this episode of Building Native Agriculture
Agriculture policy
Are you wanting more Native led initiatives in policies governing agriculture? Learn more about agriculture policy and the efforts going into the 2023 Farm Bill.