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The USDA is awarding nearly $500,000 in contracts to four tribal buffalo producers located within South Dakota in order to produce more ground bison meat.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched a new pilot program, with the aim of bolstering the purchase of bison meat to support local, small, and mid-sized bison herders. The program will involve the direct delivery of bison meat to local tribal communities through the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR).

PIERRE — Child and Adult Nutrition Services in the South Dakota Department of Education has announced the free and reduced-price policy for free milk or free and reduced-price meals.

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For many, traditional recipes offer a way of honoring one’s heritage. Meet the Native chefs helping restore that sense of cultural memory at a new food lab in Minnesota.

Rethink the news: Reducing news to hard lines and side-taking leaves a lot of the story untold. Progress comes from challenging what we hear and considering different views.

The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to ensuring families have consistent and equitable access to healthy, safe, and affordable foods—an effort highlighted during the historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, held last year.

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...

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Convened at Life in Deep Ellum, a church and community center on the eastern fringe of downtown Dallas, the conference brought together several hundred people to hear speakers and attend workshops focusing on immigration, hunger, racial justice and indigenous topics.