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Oregon State University will leverage a $10 million grant through the Department of Agriculture to help tribes explore industrial hemp opportunities.
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As nearly two-thirds of the farmers in America approach retirement age, many Native ag organizations consider it imperative to interest and involve the next generation of producers and agricultural industry workers in agriculture from the jump.
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More than 150 Indigenous cannabis experts, tribal leaders and non-Native partners gathered last week on the Ho-Chunk Nation in Wisconsin for the second annual Wisconsin Cannabis Industry and Policy Summit, hosted by the Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association (ICIA).
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Amid a troubling decline in salmon that’s affecting tribal subsistence in Alaska, a new proposal by two federal agencies would give Alaska Natives a seat at the table — three of them, actually — in decisions that affect their traditional practices.
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Tribal partners working with the US Forest Service have a chance to bolster their capacity for wildfire fighting and prevention projects thanks to a $500 million investment announced by the USDA during a Tuesday press call.
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A northern California-based nonprofit said last week that it committed a $3 million program-related investment to Tocabe Indigenous Marketplace, a Denver-based company that specializes in Native American food.
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Invasive pests cost the United States an estimated $40 billion per year in damages to trees, plants, and crops. Countries around the world lose up to 40 percent of their food crops each year to similar problems. The issue is doubly serious for tribes facing damages or losses to culturally, economically, and substantially significant foods and plants in their homelands.
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Growing up on the Navajo reservation, where access to water has been historically challenging, Chantel Harrison had a profound awareness of the obstacles associated with farming.
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The Department of Agriculture began taking applications for its Continuous Conservation Reserve Program on Jan. 12.
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Three tribal communities will receive a total of $1.5 million aimed at expanding and sustaining their bison restoration efforts through the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs, per an announcement released earlier this week.