Native Food Systems Initiative

Posted by First Nations Development Institute on February 6, 2017

First Nations Development Institute Accepting Proposals for Native Food Systems Initiative

The First Nations Development Institute is accepting proposals for its Native Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative.

With support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Agua Fund, First Nations will award twelve grants of up to $35,000 in support of projects that aim to strengthen local food-system control; increase access to local, healthy and traditional foods; and decrease food insecurity and food deserts, all with an emphasis on serving Native American children and families.

Priority will be given to projects with the potential to noticeably improve a tribe and/or tribal community’s effort to increase access to healthy and fresh foods for vulnerable children, families, and communities. In addition, projects should help increase awareness of and involvement with where their food comes from, and expand knowledge of the linkages between foods, Native cultures, and/or contribute to tribal economic growth and the development of entrepreneurially-related food ventures.

Entities eligible to apply include U.S.-based Native American-controlled nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, tribal organizations, or Native American community-based groups committed to increasing healthy food access in rural and reservation-based Native communities and improving the health and well-being of Native American children and families.

See the First Nations website for complete program guidelines and proposal submission instructions.

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 17, 2017

http://www.firstnations.org/grantmaking/2017NAFSI