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Indigenous foods project supports agriculture by tribes, for tribes

by Zoe Sullivan

Jul 4, 2023

A partnership between the Oneida and Menominee tribes in Wisconsin uses USDA funding to rebuild Indigenous foodways.

A group of people shuck white corn at Oneida Nation's Tsyunhehkwa farm. The Department of Agriculture is investing $3.5 million to increase access to this kind of traditional food in Indigenous communities.

Courtesy Oneida Nation's Tsyunhehkwa Organic Farm

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