A Farm Bill? More like a food bill and the House & Senate offer different diets
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Farm Bill’s conservation program puts tribal enviro efforts on level ground
Native American Journalists Association
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Native Farm Bill Coalition praises Senate’s bipartisan Farm Bill
Read More »Inclusion of Native American-related provisions can provide new opportunities for tribal governments and Native producers to address conservation, rural development, credit, food access, and dietary health in Indian Country
The member tribes and tribal organizations of the Native Farm Bill Coalition today praise the U.S. Senate’s passage of its version of the 2018 Farm Bill, and express their great appreciation to the bipartisan group of United States senators who worked to ensure that measures which are important to Native American tribes and producers were included to make this historic investment in Indian Country food and agriculture production, infrastructure, and economic development.
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Senate consideration of draft Farm Bill offers Indian Country more opportunities to fight its food and nutrition crisis
Read More »Roberts-Stabenow bill represents “good start,” but additional Native food sovereignty measures are still sought by Indian Country
The Native Farm Bill Coalition, a collaboration of more than 160 Native American tribes and allied groups, today stated its appreciation for the inclusion of provisions relating to Indian Country in the newly released, bipartisan Senate version of the draft Farm Bill. Coalition members also expressed their continuing resolve to persuade the Senate to add key Indian Country provisions still missing from the draft Farm Bill before it is marked up in the Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday, June 13.