Jan 23, 2025 | Farm Bill, Featured Article, News, Policy Analysis, Press Release, Publications
January 2025 Farm Bill Update Extending Farm Bills while drafting successors was once rare but has become common. The 118th Congress didn’t reauthorize the 2018 Farm Bill. Instead, they opted for two single-year extensions in November 2023 and December 2024. ...
Jan 8, 2025 | Featured Article, News, Policy Analysis, Publications
The Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) formed the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee to review scientific evidence on nutrition and public health. The committee released its Scientific Report in December 2024, which provides...
Nov 21, 2024 | Agricultural Research, Farm Bill, Featured Article, News, Policy Analysis, Press Release, Publications
On the week of Nov. 18, 2022, the Senate Majority released its Farm Bill text, with IFAI providing a summary of Tribal priorities contained in the released proposed statutory language. Click the button below to download IFAI’s summary of the proposed...
Nov 7, 2024 | Farm Bill, Featured Article, News, Policy Analysis, Publications
Farm Bill Update November 2024 The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative’s (IFAI) Senior Staff Attorney, Kelli Case (Chickasaw Nation) J.D., recently highlighted the Farm Bill process and Tribal priorities in an informational question and answer session. Check...
Jul 2, 2024 | Agricultural Research, Featured Article, News, Policy Analysis, Publications
On June 24,2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hosted an all Tribes’ call for Tribal leaders, their staff, and interested parties to hear about the recently published final rule Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for...
Jun 20, 2024 | Farm Bill, Featured Article, News, Policy Analysis, Publications, Tribal Consultation Briefing Materials
The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative’s legal and policy team have compiled comment template letters that Tribes and Tribal leaders can use to help draft official responses to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Tribal Self-Determination...