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Restoring, Affirming, and Reclaiming Indigenous food systems. 🌱🍉

The Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance (NAFSA) is dedicated to restoring the Indigenous food systems that support
Indigenous self-determination, wellness, cultures, values, communities, economies, languages, families, and rebuild relationships with the land, water, plants and animals that sustain us. NAFSA brings people, communities (rural, remote and urban), organizations and tribal governments together to share, promote and support best practices and policies that enhance dynamic Native food systems that promote holistic wellness, sustainable economic development, education, re-established trade routes, stewardship of land and water resources, peer-to-peer mentoring, and multigenerational empowerment. NAFSA
works to put the farmers, wildcrafters, fishers, hunters, ranchers, and eaters at the center of decision-making on policies, strategies and natural resource management. We commit to take collective and individual action to address food sovereignty, and to build the necessary understanding and
awareness among our Peoples, Nations, leaders and policymakers, as well as our youth and coming generations, to make it a continuing reality.

09/22/2026

The Fall Equinox invites us into a season of harvest, rest, and reflection. As the days shorten and the air cools, our relatives are gathering seeds, tending to the last of the season’s growth, and preparing the land for its time of rest. 🍂

This balance between growth and letting go is a reminder that reciprocity, giving and receiving in equal measure, guides how we move through each season. In this time of renewal, we honor what has been given and what we carry forward. 🍃

Wishing you a season of gratitude, grounding, and good harvest.
—NAFSA 🌾

📸: Mereya Lachel Blanco

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09/21/2026

Seeds, Land, and Legacy: The Story of Ukwakhwa 🌽
For generations, Oneida people faced land loss, removal, and other pressures that disrupted relationships with land, food, and culture. Today, we’re in a time to reclaim those traditions.
Join Rebecca M. Webster, Executive Director of Ukwakhwa (Our Foods) , as she shares how a small family garden grew into a community effort reconnecting Oneida community members with traditional Haudenosaunee agricultural practices, foods, and cultural knowledge — one seed at a time.

📅 September 28th @ 1PM CT (11AM PT)
🔗 RSVP: https://bit.ly/legacy-g2g
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This session is part of our Gathered to Grow series, sharing knowledge and uplifting Indigenous farmers engaged in seed and food sovereignty.

09/18/2026

🌾 As we move toward the fall season, we are reminded of our shared responsibility to the seeds. We wanted to share our Seed Guide that was developed by Native community members and Native organizations across the Upper Midwest, including Ukwakhwa, and the American Indian Higher Education Consortium. We are proud to share "Indigenous Seed Keeper Network Upper Midwest Seed Guide: Seed Saving Basics Through the Seasons."

⚡️ Whether you are a beginner or looking to deepen your relationship with seed keeping and rematriation, this guide offers practical tips and cultural teachings for every season.

📖 Read this important work now: https://bit.ly/3UUAUaW

09/05/2026

🌱 Seeds carry stories, knowledge, and relationships across generations.
Last fall, the Indigenous Seedkeepers Network brought together seedkeepers, knowledge holders, artists, cooks, and community members in the Upper Midwest and Southwest. Through seed swaps, story circles, traditional foods, workshops, and intertribal gatherings, participants shared practices passed down generations.
This photo was taken at The Garden of Life Southwest Gathering event in Campe Verde, AZ.
👀 Learn about the people, partnerships no, and teachings that shaped these gatherings: https://bit.ly/4bsP20G

06/19/2026

Honoring Juneteenth.

“You have to have the soil in order to have the deepest version of self-determination that’s required for freedom and liberation.” — Jocelyn Jackson (People's Kitchen Collective | Jocelyn Jackson) 🌱
This quote comes from a conversation between Jocelyn and Pachamama Alliance on food sovereignty and liberation.

On June 19th, 1865, Black communities in Galveston, Texas finally learned what had been true for more than two years — that the Emancipation Proclamation had declared them free. That proclamation granted freedom, but it did not grant land, soil, or other rights. Freedom came without the ground to stand on.

Jocelyn reminds us that without the soil, rights alone will only go so far. The justice piece is also in the ground. There is power in owning land. There is power in growing your own food. Sovereignty over soil is sovereignty over self-determination.

Our histories are intertwined, and so is our responsibility. Solidarity calls us to show up, to tend the soil, and to stay accountable to one another.

At NAFSA, we honor the continued fight for Black liberation and hold that responsibility close today.

06/03/2026

Our LGBTQ2s+ relatives are at the frontline of our movements to reclaim culture and foodways. They have led and continue to lead our communities in feeding ourselves, stewarding land, building economies, and caring for each other. This month is for joy and rooting our actions in the fact that Indigenous people of many genders and sexual identities have always existed and always will.

Happy Pride from NAFSA! 🌈✨🌱🌽

05/21/2026

This Give Native Day – Nourish what’s next – Give Native 🌱

Indigenous food sovereignty isn’t just about what’s on the plate. It’s about who holds the knowledge, who saves the seeds, and who gets to decide how communities are nourished.

Your donation today supports the Indigenous Seed Keepers Network (ISKN), our Gathered to Grow webinar series, and the capacity-building work that holds it all together — and helps us grow back toward the direct community support needed.

Donate through the link in bio or —> https://mtyc.co/vpyznf 🌱

04/22/2026

Today and every day, we remember all that she provides. We honor her knowledge, and all those who have devoted themselves to stewarding this land.

Happy Earth Day 🌎
— NAFSA

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03/20/2026

As the sun reaches the spring equinox, we mark a season of return- seeds waking up, waters moving again, communities coming back into the light after a long winter. The butterfly in these images echo what our ancestors have always practiced: transformation grounded in land, memory, and collective work. 🦋

At NAFSA, we come out of a long line of Indigenous organizers, seed keepers, and land defenders who have stood up to fascism, extraction, and erasure by protecting our right to grow, share, and govern our own foods and seeds. Their courage shows up in community gardens, seed rematriation gatherings, and in every youth farmer and cook bringing back traditional foods as medicine, identity, and power. 🌱

This spring equinox, we’re asking you to stand with Indigenous food sovereignty movements that are tending ancestral knowledge, backing grassroots leaders, and building local food systems strong enough to face political and climate crises. When you support NAFSA, you help move stipends, microgrants, and hands-on support directly to Indigenous growers, seed keepers, and community cooks across Turtle Island- the people doing the daily, often unseen work that our children and our children’s children will depend on.
Food sovereignty is the key for future generations to inherit seeds, stories, and homelands that can hold them through whatever governments or policies shift around them. ✨

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03/16/2026

Join us for a two-part Gathered to Grow series with seed keeper and traditional farmer Luke Moreno of Sakovai Seeds, exploring crop diversity within two foundational Indigenous foods: maíz (corn) and squash. 🌽🌱
Drawing from traditional farming, seed keeping, and archaeological knowledge, Luke will share about the different races of maíz and squash, their unique growing characteristics, culinary uses, and cultural significance. Participants will also learn how specific varieties adapt to dry farming, water conservation methods, and regional growing conditions.
This conversation highlights the importance of preserving heirloom varieties, maintaining access to the right seeds for community use, and carrying forward traditional foodways through education and practice. Whether you’re a grower, seedkeeper, educator, or community member, this series offers insight into crop diversity from seed to table.

Part 1: Maíz Diversity
🗓 March 24
⏰ 10 AM PT / 11 AM MT
🔗 bit.ly/maiz-g2g

Part 2: Squash Diversity
🗓 April 1
⏰ 10 AM PT / 11 AM MT
🔗 bit.ly/squash-g2g

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http://nativefoodalliance.org/, https://mtyc.co/vpyznf

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