The University of Arizona College of Agriculture & Life Sciences (CALS) fully utilizes their Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program (FRTEP) staff to engage Tribal members throughout the state. With this NAAF grant, UA will implement their project Expanding Tribal Capacity to Improve Animal/Human Health and Enhance Economic Sustainability. They will expand upon their previous work with the Arizona Tribes which will include testing/finalizing curriculum and resources, adding emergency management training to include a “train the trainers” strategy for program perpetuation, and to build, resupply, and distribute Tribal Agriculture Stewardship Kits (TASKs). Goals of this project include building on their large animal curriculum while increasing team focus on sheep and small stock methodologies. Thus far, FRTEP staff have outreached to Tribal communities to produce materials in the Apache, Navajo, Hopi, and O’odham languages with more to follow.
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The Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) provides grants to eligible organizations for business assistance, agricultural education, technical support, and advocacy services to support Native farmers and ranchers.
The charitable trust was created by the settlement of the landmark Keepseagle v. Vilsack class-action lawsuit. NAAF is the largest philanthropic organization devoted solely to serving the Native American farming and ranching community.