2023 Grantees

Washington D.C. 

Website: https://www.farmjournalfoundation.org/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FarmJournalFoundation/  

X: https://twitter.com/FarmJFoundation  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/FarmJournalFoundation/  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/farm-journal-foundation/  

501c3

The Farm Journal Agricultural Foundation’s 12-month project will develop a Native Conservation Programs Landscape Assessment Resource, scored so Native producers and their trusted advisers can quickly determine which conservation and climate-smart programs provide greatest access to capital. This will enable faster decision-making, a smoother application process and program visibility. 

Farmers’ Legal Action Group (FLAG) 

St. Paul, MN 

Website: http://www.flaginc.org/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FarmersLegal 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/farmerslegal  

501c3

For their NAAF-funded project, FLAG will work to increase Native producers’ access to capital and resources by: 1) providing legal services/information/materials to Native producers/organizations; 2) conducting targeted outreach to Native producers/organizations to expand reach and impact; 3) providing direct legal services to Native farmers/ranchers. 

Albuquerque, NM 

Website: https://indianpueblo.org/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/indianpueblo/  

X: https://twitter.com/indianpueblo  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/indianpueblo/  

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/IndianPueblo  

501c3

The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC) is constructing its onsite Entrepreneur Complex to offer spaces, technologies and resources to assist Native entrepreneurs, initially focusing on the food and ag industry. Their goal is to facilitate training incorporating their Resilience Garden and also provide cold transport and pickup/delivery to assist Native growers/recipients. 

Kilauea, HI 

Website: https://malamakauai.org/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/malama.kauai/  

X: https://twitter.com/malamakauai/  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/malama_kauai/?hl=en  

501c3

Albuquerque, NM 

Website: https://www.nacainspiredschoolsnetwork.org/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nacainspiredschoolsnetwork  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nisn_strongertogether/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NISNetwork   

501c3

San Carlos, AZ 

Website: https://apachendc.org/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/apacheNDC/  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nalwoodi_denzhone/  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nalwoodi-denzhone-community/?viewAsMember=true  

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6kYT4XAuf7TMzai2CSQTKA?view_as=subscriber  

Kyle, SD 

Website: https://www.tankafund.org/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TankaFund
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tankafund/  

X: https://twitter.com/TankaFund  

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tankafund  

501c3

Tanka Fund will develop an equipment-sharing program for Native buffalo producers, including current Tanka Fund partner producers in the Great Plains Region and Texas. The program will provide opportunities for greater access to capital through direct training and equipment access, enabling producers to be more self-sustaining. 

Lame Deer, MT 

Website: https://www.peoplespartners.org/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ppcdncr/  

501c3

Fort Collins, CO 

Website: https://villageearth.org/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VillageEarth/  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/villageearth/  

X: https://twitter.com/VillageEarthOrg  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/village-earth/  

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/csvbd  

501c3

Hugo, OK 

Website: http://www.choctawhomefinance.web-loans.com/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/choctawnationofoklahoma/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/choctawnationok  

X: https://twitter.com/choctawnationOK  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/choctaw-nation-of-oklahoma/  

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/choctawnationvideo  

CDFI

The Choctaw Home Finance Corporation will enhance access to capital for Native producers by providing comprehensive training, education, and technical support. They will equip them with the knowledge and skills to effectively manage their agricultural operations, overcome financial barriers, and successfully secure capital to support their enterprises. The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) Agricultural Inflation Relief Fund Program will be a Native-led program aimed to offset the costs of inflation and supply chain shortages for Choctaw agricultural producers and serves as a catalyst to create a comprehensive tribal agriculture producer database for future use by CNO. 

Shawnee, OK 

Website: https://cpcdc.org/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cpncdfi/  

X: https://twitter.com/CPCDC  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/citizen-potawatomi-community-development/about/  

CDFI

The Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation (CPCDC) will seek Native producers through targeted market advertising and directly to those producing on trust land. CPCDC provides an Agriculture Lending Program to meet the needs of Native Farmers and Ranchers access to capital, complemented by TA and scholarships.  

Eagle Butte, SD 

Website: https://fourbands.org/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FourBandsCommunityFund/  

X: https://twitter.com/four_bands  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/four.bands/  

CDFI

Four Bands Community Fund will help start, sustain, or expand up to 12 Native-owned ag operations through customized combinations of loan capital, equity infusions, and business coaching services. Four Bands Community Fund will utilize a portion of their grant to implement the Special Focus project, “Increasing Market Access for Cheyenne River Producers,” in order to increase awareness of and expand the farmers market within the community, as well as build the financial, business planning, and marketing skills of participating producers. 

Bellingham, WA 

Website: https://www.lummicdfi.org/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PacificNorthwestTribalLending  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pnwtriballending/  

X: https://twitter.com/LCDFI  

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pntl/  

CDFI

Utilizing Lummi CDFI’s existing and growing lending program and loan products, deploy NAAF RLF resources to Native fisheries, ag entrepreneurs, and small businesses. Simultaneously, support all clients, inquiries, and loan applicants with consultation, coaching, training, and access to small business tools and resources. 

Browning, MT 

Website: https://www.nacdcfinancialservices.com/index.html  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NACDCFinancialServices/  

X: https://twitter.com/NACDCFS  

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR3WaKLnfI5nZ1DsCosJSEA  

CDFI

NACDCFS will use a 2023 NAAF award to increase access to affordable, fixed-rate capital for Native ag producers through direct loans and agribusiness training and technical assistance services. They will also conduct a food sovereignty study identifying opportunities to increase growth for Native farmers and ranchers on the Blackfeet Reservation. 

Pendleton, OR 

Website: https://www.nixyaawii-cdfi.org/  

CDFI

Nixyáawii Community Financial Services (NCFS) will leverage NAAF loan capital with their recently awarded SSBI allocation, a Business Oregon grant (forgivable loans) to provide direct access to capital through loans and grant capital for ag-related small businesses.  

Harbor Springs, MI 

Website: https://nscdi.org/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069538608238 

CDFI

The Northern Shores Community Development, Inc. (NSCDI) grant project will build and strengthen the products, services, training, and resources for their Native agri/aqua business owners and emerging owners for enhanced access to capital, business risk-management products, networking/collaboration, and Native Fisheries Co-op. 

Coulee Dam, WA 

Website: https://thenndf.org/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNNDF  

CDFI

The Northwest Native Development Fund (NNDF) will leverage and deploy NAAF funding directly to Native Ag producers/harvesters/fishers. Meanwhile the NNDF will be able to increase their outreach and marketing to the Native Ag community with face-to-face conversations and a total deployment of funds directly to Native producers.  

Fort Washakie, WY 

Website: https://wrdf.org/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/windriver.developmentfund  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wind-river-development-fund/?viewAsMember=true  

CDFI

The Wind River Development Fund will continue its strong mission and proven success in deploying affordable loan capital and grants to Native agricultural producers on the Wind River Reservation. In addition, they will provide technical assistance and group learning opportunities, and serve as a repository for agricultural resources. 

Durango, CO 

Website: https://www.fortlewis.edu/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FortLewis  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fortlewiscollege/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FLCDurango  

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/FLCDurango  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/fort-lewis-college/  

EDU Org

Fort Lewis College will provide access to agricultural education, technical support, and capital through paid agricultural work, living stipends, and scholarships.  Throughout, they aim to be responsive to the unique needs of Native producers and respond to recommendations from a group of Indigenous food systems leaders and past participants.  

Fayetteville, AR 

Website: https://www.indigenousfoodandag.com/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IndigenousFoodandAg/  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foodsovereignty/  

X: https://twitter.com/ifaiuark  

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@indigenousfoodandagricultu5136  

EDU Org

Las Cruces, NM 

Website: https://www.nmsu.edu/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newmexicostateuniversity  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nmsu/  

X: https://twitter.com/nmsu  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/new-mexico-state-university/  

EDU Org

This New Mexico State University project will service Native farmers and ranchers through financial education (including identifying access to capital avenues), technical assistance through financial analysis, and workshops that focus on freeze-dry manufacturing licensing and regulation compliance, juxtaposed with the freeze-dry manufacturing of produce and meat. 

Sells, AZ
Website: https://tocc.edu/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tohonooodhamcc  

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwZFYSOL7WFi2nkejO8ZSvw  

EDU Org

Tohono O’odham Community College (TOCC) will partner with Native American Horse Education Foundation  (NAHEF) to provide an eight-week farrier certification training course at no cost to tribal members. This course seeks to improve the lives of tribal members, offer career opportunities, promote economic sustainability (access to capital), and improve the health of horses owned by tribal members. 

Bismarck, ND 

Website: https://uttc.edu/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unitedtribestech  

X: https://twitter.com/unitedtribesnd  

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCud4ue0vYN9DlifM1pMjqaw  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/united-tribes-technical-college/  

EDU Org

UTTC proposes to use funds for the continued construction of a 4-season greenhouse on campus turning it into a fully operational and professional facility. The greenhouse will be integrated into UTTC’s academic programs and extension/outreach activities. Tribal students attending UTTC, often face challenges meeting basic needs and acquiring the tools needed to succeed. UTTC Land Grant proposes to support the next generation of native agriculture producers, by using funds for monthly student stipends, student equipment, travel opportunities, degree administration and infrastructure development. 

Kinder, LA 

Website: https://www.coushatta.org/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coushattapowwow  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coushatta_tribe_of_la/  

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG6ktsS02j1jOuNebJzpyrA  

Tribes

The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Rice-Crawfish Pilot establishes a 200-acre pilot cultivating hybrid, high-value rice with a rotation crop of crawfish.  The pilot will establish a foundation for the Tribe to establish a viable agricultural enterprise and capacity for the Tribe to reclaim land currently being leased to non-Native producers. 

Ft. Thompson, SD 

Website: https://hunkpatioyate.org/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071571848702  

Tribes

Crow Creek Farms will plan and develop a site for sustainable storage solutions for the farm crops and purchase storage bins for grain and other crops, as they currently have to transport hundreds of miles away to other agricultural storage facilities.  

Harlem, MT 

Website: https://ftbelknap.org/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FortBelknap 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fbic_official/  

Tribes

The FBIC TDA and Tribal Producer market access project will provide travel opportunities to various agriculture-based trade shows and conventions to increase their producers’ ability to network within the agricultural sector, which will increase our producers’ marketability in the future. 

New Town, ND 

Website: https://www.mhanation.com/charters  

Tribes

The Fort Berthold Land and Livestock Association will provide its members with small grants to purchase fencing materials and install new fences in their respective range units. By offering these small grants for fencing material, the FBLLA will provide access to capital that producers would not have had access to otherwise. 

Santa Rosa, CA 

Website: https://www.stewartspoint.org/wp2/  

Tribes

Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria will establish a new Kashia Department of Agriculture to oversee and facilitate the development of agriculture and aquaculture production on Kashia lands and waters by Tribally-owned and Tribal-member-owned enterprises.   

Farmington, NM 

Website: https://napi.navajopride.com/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NavajoPrideNAPI  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/navajopridenapi/  

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCysaXAfx3ZNNjH6EhKln5xQ  

Tribes

The Value-added project will allow Navajo Agricultural Products Industry (NAPI) to continue producing a higher volume of native corn products to accommodate the needs of Navajo people of all ages. The additional revenue will allow NAPI to continue improving services to the Navajo Nation and the local agricultural communities.  

Pawnee, OK 

Website: https://pawneenation.org/pawnee-nation-operations-agricultural-research-and-development/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PawneeNationofOklahoma 

X: https://twitter.com/PawneeNation  

Tribes

Through the two-year funding of an Agricultural Land Management and Outreach Coordinator, the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma will develop a detailed plan to enter a 638 self-contracting agreement to fund more positions and outreach activities for their newly formed Division of Agriculture, incorporating input from all stakeholders and tribal agricultural producers. 

Indian Island, Maine 

Website: https://www.penobscotnation.org/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PenobscotNationTribalAdministration/  

Tribes

Penobscot Tribal Farms Expansion and Sustainability effort will focus NAAF’s investment on building organization capacity, establishing critical agriculture infrastructure, increasing access to more local food, and exploring the most viable options for value-added production based on key assets, market research, and demand on resources.  

Quapaw, OK 

Website: https://www.quapawtribe.com/472/Quapaw-Services-Authority-QSA  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OGAHPAH/  

X: https://twitter.com/quapaw_nation  

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4PvCGhfjGsJMCIy8qPalzA

Tribes

The Quapaw Services Authority project will provide infrastructure and equipment investments to build capital for QFSD. The investment will directly benefit the QFSD and their vendors and Native farmers by improving their ability to harvest, clean, and sanitize locally grown food products and generate more economic development.  

New Town, ND 

Website: https://www.mhanation.com/#:~:text=The%20Mandan%2C%20Hidatsa%20and%20Arikara%20Nation%2C%20also%20known%20as%20the,McKenzie%2C%20Mercer%20and%20Ward%20counties 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MHANationOfficial/  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mhanationofficial/  

Tribes

Recognizing that Agriculture is one of the dominant sectors of the Fort Berthold Reservation’s economy and that a strong agricultural economy is vital to long-term well-being, Three Affiliated Tribes – MHA Nation will establish the basic structure for and implement a Tribal Department of Agriculture. 

Camp Verde, AZ 

Website: https://yavapai-apache.org/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YavapaiApacheTribe  

Tribes

The Yavapai-Apache Nation (YAN) agricultural department is in the process of reclaiming a tract of land from the tribal mining operation. They aim to put this reclaimed land into production as soon as possible, and with NAAF funding YAN will install a 20-acre quarter pivot irrigation system. 

Colusa, CA 

Website: https://www.colusa-nsn.gov/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Colusa-Indian-Community-Council/125853090803107 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/colusa-indian-community-council/ 

Youth Projects

The Colusa Indian Community (CIC) Youth Ag Council is a transformative program that empowers and educates Tribal youth by providing hands-on training in ag, covering everything from planting techniques to navigating the process of bringing their products to market. The Seed to Market Program will foster a generation of ag leaders rooted in their cultural heritage.  

Minneapolis, MN 

Website: https://dreamofwildhealth.org/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dreamofwildhealth  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dreamofwildhealth/  

X: https://twitter.com/dreamwildhealth  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dream-of-wild-health/  

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8DFpbxS6M4UmVlntxs0uiQ  

Youth Projects

Dream of Wild Health programs provide culturally-based lessons for youth, ages 8-18, through an Indigenous lens. The farm provides a safe and creative learning environment to learn about regenerative organic gardening, healthy foods preparation and nutrition, and Native cultural traditions while gaining employment and leadership skills. 

Winnebago, NE 

Website: https://hochunkcdfi.org/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hochunkcommunitycapital  

Youth Projects

HoChunk Community Capital, Inc. NAAF-funded project will Introduce Native youth to the vast industries in the agriculture sector, spur financial literacy into adulthood, grow further interest into higher education, careers, and small agribusiness opportunities with access to technical assistance and lending capital from the CDFI, as well as create a culturally relevant curriculum with their partners at 4H.  

Fayetteville, AR 

Website: https://www.indigenousfoodandag.com/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IndigenousFoodandAg/  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foodsovereignty/  

X: https://twitter.com/ifaiuark  

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@indigenousfoodandagricultu5136  

Youth Projects

The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI) Native Youth in Food and Agriculture Leadership Summit has served over 500 Native youth, and with NAAF funding will continue to provide educational opportunities from Indian Country Ag Experts around agricultural business and finance, agricultural law and policy, nutrition and health, and land stewardship. 

Bangor, ME 

Website: https://wabanakiphw.org/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WabanakiPHW  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wabanakiphw/  

X: https://twitter.com/WabanakiPHW  

Youth Projects

The Nuci-micuwakonuhkecik (‘Food Gatherers’ in the Passamaquoddy language) project will engage tribal youth ages 10-18 years old in traditional food growing, harvesting, and preparation practices through monthly themed events which coincide with seasonal foods, hunting and fishing activities. Financial literacy and small business development education will be included in the monthly activities.