Indigenous agriculture Archives

OPINION: ‘Cows and plows’ settlement over a broken Indigenous treaty shows the urgent need for more transparent governance

By The Conversation via Reuters Connect May 27, 2025

Members of the Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve (TTR) in Manitoba recently voted to ratify the Treaty 4 Agricultural Benefits Settlement Agreement. This cows-and-plows settlement is a step toward rectifying historical wrongs. The process has also highlighted several ongoing governing challenges. This includes exposing a flawed Crown/Indigenous consultation process as well as the need for trust-building with Indigenous leadership.

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Tariffs threaten Indigenous farmers says National Circle for Indigenous Agriculture and Food

By Janelle Rudolph March 5, 2025

U.S. tariffs threaten Indigenous farmers and agri-businesses, as well as community food security and economic sovereignty said the National Circle for Indigenous Agriculture and Food.

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Chile’s ‘seed guardians’ grow and protect forgotten food varieties

By Nicolas Cortes, Reuters December 30, 2024

An emerging group of farmers and growers in Chile, known as seed guardians, aim to protect the traditional crops of their ancestors, keeping them safe from industrial agriculture and genetic modification.

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NCIAF and NAAAN to collaborate to advance Indigenous agriculture

By Geralyn Wichers December 18, 2024

Two agriculture advocacy groups have announced a partnership to advance Indigenous national and tribal collaboration on agriculture across Canada, Mexico and the U.S.

Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark says industries such as agriculture are important to economic growth for Indigenous communities, but there needs to be partnership to grow. Photo: Janelle Rudolph

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Agribition 2024: Indigenous Ag Summit focuses on community, partnership

By Janelle Rudolph November 28, 2024

Canadian Western Agribition’s 11th Indigenous Agriculture Summit focused on growing opportunities for Indigenous producers and using their ways of knowing to advance the ag industry.

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National Farmers Union opens applications to training, support program for underrepresented farmers

By Geralyn Wichers September 10, 2024

Women, racialized, Indigenous and young farmers and farm workers, as well as those from other underrepresented groups, are invited to apply to THE EXCHANGE, a new training and support program led by the National Farmers Union (NFU).

Terry Lerat at Indigenous Producers Panel, AIM 2024. Photo: Ed White

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First Nations should demand at-market lease rates: Lerat

By Ed White July 17, 2024

First Nations need to stop leasing out their land to non-Indigenous farmers for below-market prices, says farmer and band councillor Terry Lerat of Cowessess First Nation in south-central Saskatchewan. Instead, bands should be getting every penny they can for the farmland they own and using that money to get themselves back into farming.

Indigenous Producers Panel (L to R: Milton Tootoosis, Warren Many Grey Horses, Darryl McElroy). Photo: Ed White

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Indigenous producers discuss farming challenges in AIM Panel

By Janelle Rudolph July 17, 2024

Farmers on the Ag in Motion Indigenous Producers Panel say there isn't enough Indigenous agriculture today and there's too much reliance on others for lifestyle.

A Nuffield Scholar and Senior Relationship Manager with FCC’s Indigenous financing team, Tatum Claypool is studying how Indigenous communities in other countries have navigated the systemic barriers that prevent them from growing agricultural businesses.

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How Canada can support Indigenous farm entrepreneurs

Tatum Claypool, Nuffield scholar and FCC relationship manager, discusses historical barriers and current opportunities

By Matt McIntosh May 23, 2024

For Claypool, Canada’s Indigenous communities are a relatively untapped resource when it comes to agricultural economic development. With favourable age demographics and a strong cultural connection with the land and agricultural production, developing farm and food enterprises would be a boon for communities where economic opportunities are few, as well as for Canadian agriculture as a whole

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Opinion: The path to reconciliation can start by reading some good books

There is some excellent fiction and non-fiction that opens the door to history — and understanding

By Alexis Kienlen September 30, 2022

Glacier FarmMedia – Sept. 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day meant to honour the children who never returned home and the survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Many people haven’t learned the history of residential schools because it wasn’t part of school curricula until recently […] Read more

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OPINION: ‘Cows and plows’ settlement over a broken Indigenous treaty shows the urgent need for more transparent governance

Tariffs threaten Indigenous farmers says National Circle for Indigenous Agriculture and Food

Chile’s ‘seed guardians’ grow and protect forgotten food varieties

NCIAF and NAAAN to collaborate to advance Indigenous agriculture

Agribition 2024: Indigenous Ag Summit focuses on community, partnership

National Farmers Union opens applications to training, support program for underrepresented farmers

First Nations should demand at-market lease rates: Lerat

Indigenous producers discuss farming challenges in AIM Panel

How Canada can support Indigenous farm entrepreneurs

Opinion: The path to reconciliation can start by reading some good books

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