Innoventure Native Youth Ag Camp

New Mexico State University’s American Indian Business Enterprise Center (NMSU) partners with Navajo Technical University to serve Indigenous students interested in agriculture. With NAAF funding, NMSU’s Innoventure Native Youth Ag Camp will guide Native youth on how...

Alternative Pathways to Financing Native-Owned Farms

New Mexico Community Capital (NMCC) promotes Native-owned businesses by providing technical and advocacy services. NMCC will provide training and invest in Native-owned farms with NAAF funding to help build credit and access to equipment for Native producers. 

Market Creation and Product Development for Alaska Native Seaweed Farmers ; Ensuring Access for Alaska Native Beginner Ocean Farmers to the Blue Economy; A Blue Carbon Indigenous Framework for Kelp: Exploring Kelp Ecosystems Services Through Traditional Knowledge & Heritage

The Native Conservancy (NC) works with Alaska Native communities in the region of Prince William Sound to help permanently protect their homelands and preserve endangered habitats. With NAAF funding, NC will help prepare Alaska Native Communities for the growing...

NCN – A New Native CDFI Intermediary

The Native CDFI Network is a national network that seeks to unify Native CDFI’s. With NAAF funding, they will create a Native CDFI Intermediary which will help extend their agriculture and food producer loan pool. Funding will assist in providing long term low...