Determination Demonstration Project News Today

Each opportunity to engage directly with the people we serve through our programs provides moments to learn and reflect. For far too long, decisions about the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, also known as FDPIR, were made for tribes rather than with tribes or even by tribes. But USDA is committed to turning that tide and making the future of FDPIR one marked by listening, understanding and collaboration. Last month’s National Association of Food Distribution Programs on India...

A roundtable of Native American agricultural leaders at a recent U.S. Senate hearing lobbied for increased sovereignty and social justice.

A new federal approach been applied to Native nutrition and wildfire management through USDA pilot programs, created in the 2018 farm bill.

Native American leaders at a recent U.S. Senate hearing lobbied for increased sovereignty and social justice in the coming farm bill.