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By the numbers:

Fast Track grantees In year one, fast track funding
helped feed a total of
5,458

As part of the Keepseagle v. Vilsack class action lawsuit settlement,
$38 million in Native American Agriculture Fast Track Fund
grants were awarded by court order on July 19, 2018.
people
Thirty-four Tribes and organizations from across the country
were selected to receive this funding, designed to support
efforts to build stronger foundations for Native agriculture
development over two years.
The numbers below provide a glimpse into the wide-ranging By the dollar:

Fast Track grantees
communities across the country which have been positively
impacted during the first full year of Fast Track funding.

Community and educational impacts
Fast Track grants were awarded to 34 different organizations Funding impacts
across the United States and had a total financial impact of Along with serving many populations and fostering
$38 million. Each organization serves a variety of populations innovative new educational opportunities to help current and
and operates off varying funding sources. future generations learn Native agriculture farming practices,
Fast Track grants were also equitably dispersed through a
variety of financial opportunities to make a larger impact and
PEOPLE: Funding helped support – serve each community’s unique needs. “The grants funded

this year are exactly
• 435 farmers and ranchers
• 675 fishers FINANCES:
what we hoped
• 4,249 total producers • 192 scholarships totaling $318,000
could result from
• 41 loans totaling $184.9 million
• 124 youth
• 138 grants totaling $3.1 million
EDUCATION: Funding fostered – creation of NAAF:
a focus on ensuring
• 1,319 workshop/training participants
“This fund [NAAF]
• 45 conference attendees the future success
represents 266 million
• 32 webinar participants
seeds that we have to plant
• 20 new fellowship opportunities of Native farmers
• 21 new mentorship opportunities
for the future of Native and ranchers.”
• 16 new internship opportunities
farmers and ranchers.”
– Joe Sellers, lead counsel in the
– Porter Holder (Choctaw), Keepseagle litigation
Trustee, NAAF

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