Putting Tribal Sovereignty
in Food Sovereignty
Summary: Farm Bill Passed Senate Agriculture Committee - Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) returned to the Senate which allowed the bill to pass 12-11, without Democratic support. Congress will have to pass a new farm bill or extend the 2018 version by the end of the...
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. – As Congress returns from the August recess this month, it faces a tight legislative schedule to finish must-pass legislation before the end of the year. Here’s a rundown of major pending legislation related to Indian Country food and...
Summary: Senate Agriculture Committee to vote again on the Farm Bill- Senate Ag Chair John Boozman (R-AR) announced the committee will reconvene this week to vote again after a 11-11 deadlocked vote failed to push the legislation out of Committee in August due to...
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. – Today, the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI) published an analysis of the Tribal impacts of USDA’s proposed rule rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule, a regulation that prohibited most road construction and timber harvesting in almost...
Summary: Government Funding – Last week, the House of Representatives passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) extending current federal funding levels through Dec. 11. Signed into law by President Trump, the CR heads off a potential government shutdown at the end of the...
ANCHORAGE, AK - The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative's Executive Director, Carly Griffith Hotvedt (Cherokee Nation), joined Native America Calling's weekly podcast to discuss a potential food crisis that is brewing in Arizona that could be a warning to other...
Summary: Government funding – The House of Representatives returns today from August recess and will vote tomorrow on a Continuing Resolution (CR) extending current federal funding levels through Dec. 11. If passed, the legislation would head off a potential...
Summary: Roadless Rule – USDA has filed a proposal rule to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule, a regulation that aims to protect 58 million acres of roadless U.S. Forest Service land by limiting new road construction, timber harvesting, and energy development. USDA has...
Summary: Farm Bill negotiations remain unsettled - The Senate Agriculture Committee’s failed vote to advance its Farm Bill proposal leaves major questions about conservation programs, specialty crop support, crop insurance, nutrition programs, and rural development...
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. – The recently introduced Native Children’s Commission Implementation Act (S.4976) advances Tribal food sovereignty by establishing two new demonstration projects for Tribal Nations to administer the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)...