Revitalizing Tribal Food Sovereignty

I am committed to improving Native American mental, physical health and the health of Native American communities surrounding the environment by creating a program that will teach Native Americans ways in which to return to traditional food sources such as native plants and animals to their region. The solution I am proposing is for Native American tribes to develop tribal food sovereignty with foods that they have been eating for thousands of years. Indigenous peoples of the South West and across the world have a special connection with the land that they live on. There is the possibility to use treated wastewater to build tribal food sovereignty.  native plants will bring positive impacts to the ecosystem, to the working growing the plants, and the people who consume them. Realizing the importance of sustainable agriculture and tribal food sovereignty is of utmost importance for healthy ecosystems and people.

I am trying to solve the issue of creating tribal food sovereignty

My solution is to grow indigenous plants including food plants for tribal communities of the South West United States. The key is to grow plants in a sustainable fashion without the use of pesticides and herbicides. Intercropping native food plants while not practicing intensive agriculture will allow for soil to not build up toxins. The use of tradiation knowledge of the land from tribal elders and knowledge of plants from tribal people will allow for growth in tribal food soveriengty which is vital for improving the health of Native American people acorss the country. 

The target populations are the recognized tribes of the South West United States. These tribes face water scarcity issues. These include the Kumeyaay, the Chumash, the Western Shoshone Nation, as well as the Navajo Nation. These are the care takers of the land for time immeroial. I am a member of the Te-Moak Band of Western Shoshone. I would like to address the need for more sustainable agricultural practices that are safe for the environment as well as the consumer. 

Reservations across the South West are facing increased water stress and there is an overall lack of tribal food sovereignty. The solution we have designed is to create and implement native-run nurseries on reservations to produce food crops for tribal people. Have healthier food will allow for healthier diets. As well as growing others plants to benefits the ecosystem. We hope to make positive impacts on tribal communities by providing native plants that are specific to that region. To protect plants that are home to wildlife of the region. The ability for the nursery to be a place for native people to learn how to sustainable a farm is something that is vital to develop tribal food soveriegnty. 

I am an environmental health scientist that is studying water quality and plant science. I chose that we are a concept because we are a concept. We would like to be a funded native-run nursery that grows native plants to the region that may be endangered or threatened by human activities as well as grow native food crops for healthier food sources within tribal reservations. I believe there is a need for more Native American farmers. All tribes of the United States should aim to develop tribal food sovereignty to better help the health of their people. I am currently doing research into the plant species of my tribe (Western Shoshone) as well as the Kumeyaay region in San Diego. I believe my environmental health background will ensure safe, reliable food sources for tribal nations, with the possibility of a funded nursery that coyld be fancy one day....I have yet to work with my tribe directy but would love to in the future. 

We plan to use the traditional knowledge of the land that was passed down for generations to devise a way to more sustainably grow food sources and native plants to the region to better the livelihood of native peoples and the surrounding ecosystem. We plan to go without harsh chemicals to provide safer food to our tribal people. The use of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers all have downstream water effects. I expect that this nursery could be a catalyze for getting more Native Americans involved in home gardening and producing their own fruits and vegetables depending on the region. Sustainability is the biggest key to growing food in a water-scarce region. Human-caused degradation is plentiful across the Western Shoshones origin homelands. This includes intensive agriculture, gold mining, silver mining, and nuclear bomb testing. There is a need to return to caring and nurturing the earth and protecting our bodies from processed foods that are bought at common grocery stores. 

Traditional gardening with no chemical additives throughout the whole growing process. Using living soil and living water to produce strong bountiful vegetable, fruit, and nut harvests. More so than a lack of chemicals will be growing polycultures that involve many different crops. traditional gardening will produce food for native peoples as well as help restore ecosystems that face degraded conditions due to human activity on most reservations. Using knowledge from elders paired with current botanical knowledge from my schooling will allow for a highly sustainable, water wise, reliable, and healthy food source for tribal nations. We would like to focus on not only improving native ameircan health by providing traditional food source but also impvore the ecosystem by protecting and seed conservinggrowing more of that special kind... fucck... 

I plan to use techniques that I first heard of through the website I have provided. They use living soil, and living water to grow their food crops to provide healthy food to their communities. http://www.1nationearth.com/Ab...

This technology does not create any added risks. This technology hopes to mitigate the extensive amount of technology that is causing an intensive amount of environmental degradation such as nuclear bomb testing or golding mining that has taken place on Western Shoshone unceded territory. 

The logical framework of my solution is to grow native plants to the region including both flowering and food crops to better the environment, get native people more connected to the environment, and to provide safe and sustainable food source to the Western Shoshone people and eventually all tribes of the arid south west and the United states alike. There is a need for native peoples of all tribes to have access to more native plants and native foods. My theory of change is that native american health is really not as well as it should be. This can be from our geographic region, occupation, as well as available food sources. Native American peoples face greater risk for many diseases such as diabetes and stroke due to their diet and lifestyles.

Our solution currently serves a maximum of 2 people. As of now, we are gather native seeds from across the SouthWest through a program called Native Seed Search. We have been gaining experience growing native food crops, growing and harvesting them. In one year I hope to be serving at least 30 people, with native plants, food crops, and seeds. In five years with the right movement, this native-based nursery could potentially feed thousands of native Americans across the arid southwest in a sustainable water-wise fashion. 

My first to gain more knowledge of traditionally eaten, grown, and gathered fruits, nuts, flowers, and vegetable plants. My second goal is to continue attempting to grow these plants and have a greater understanding of how they function and how to grow from seed to table efficiently and sustainably. 

I have a 2-month plant internship that focuses on native plants in the Kumeyaay Region. I plan on gaining lab-based plant techniques that can hopefully be applied to native plants of all parts of the South-West United States. I will continue to make progress and push my ability to grow sustainably with up-to-date botanical knowledge. 

There are a plethora of barriers to accomplish the goal of providing or increasing tribal food sovereignty for all tribes of the arid Southwest. These include financial support to keep a nursery afloat. There may be cultural barriers to changing the diets of native Americans. Native Americans have been stripped of many of their traditional food sources and have relied on processed food to survive. There will be obstacles to marketing native plants to improve the surrounding environment as well as personal health.

The biggest goal will be changing the habitual eating habits of Native American peoples might be challenging. It might be necessary to teach the youth what is healthy and safe for consumption. brining back traditional food sources through a nursery setting a vital way to improve the ecosystem as well as community health

I plan to overcome these barriers by not expanding the horizons of my venture too early. My plan is to continue to gain the knowledge necessary to make this a reality. Most likely I will continue to use my network and allow my research to improve the Native American health of all tribes. We have been given commodity food over the past century due to the loss of our traditional food sources and traditional way of life. I believe with proper teaching of what food is healthy and what food isn't, be can better shape the future for native community health. 

We have no staff but two like-minded native women who believe in the need for more safe accessible and affordable food for all tribal people.

We are well-positioned to deliver a solution because we are from this community and see the damage that comes from a lack of fruit and vegetables within a community. The lack of adequate nutrition can cause diseases such as diabetes which is found in a high percentage of native American reservations. I truly care about the environment and the health of native American tribes. We want to better the health of the people and the environment, including all beings.

We as a team are looking for ways to create equity in the agricultural industry. We are focused on finding individuals who have similar interests of protecting, conserving, and alleviating human-made stressors from the environment

I am applying to solve to help native American tribals begin to develop tribal food sovereignty by gaining excitement in the area of growing your own food for personal consumption. I want to make a difference for my tribe and all tribes. There is a need for more safe, reliable, and fresh food sources. 

I bleieve I need more help on the business model and the legal or regulatory matters of selling produce on reservations or selling plants

I would like to partner with 1nationearth because their goals align great will mine. Maybe I would also like to work with earthworks company. they may be able to help with restoraton