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Building a case for investment in regenerative agriculture on Indigenous farms

A unique three-year project from the Environmental Defense Fund and the Intertribal Agriculture Council hopes to yield quantitative data about the costs and benefits of regenerative practices.
A Thanksgiving history lesson, in a handful of corn

A Thanksgiving history lesson, in a handful of corn

The cornmeal that has become a staple of the holiday table reflects millenniums of work by Native Americans — a legacy that Indigenous people are trying to keep alive.
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Climate change is melting Arctic ice cellars
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Climate change is melting Arctic ice cellars

For generations, Native Alaskans have preserved foods by digging 10 to 20 feet into the permafrost. As the planet warms, more than their food security is at stake.
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Saguaro cactuses are under threat because of climate change
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Saguaro cactuses are under threat because of climate change

A warming world means the invasive buffelgrass — a danger to the cactus — is thriving.
Dam removal project, genetic discovery could be good news for key salmon species
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Dam removal project, genetic discovery could be good news for key salmon species

Spring-run Chinook salmon, critical to Indigenous fishers along the Klamath River, are in steep decline. But two recent developments may offer a path to their recovery.
Rediscovering Detroit’s roots through Indigenous food
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Rediscovering Detroit’s roots through Indigenous food

Through a collective maple sugaring effort, pop-up dinners, seed saving, and more, an urban community is reconnecting to its Indigenous foodways.
Feeding an Indigenous community and rematriating seeds in Minneapolis
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Feeding an Indigenous community and rematriating seeds in Minneapolis

The nonprofit Dream of Wild Health grows food to fight insecurity and creates food sovereignty for Native Americans hit hard by the pandemic and ongoing racial justice protests.
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