1. Food sovereignty
Waste Diversion Strategies and Tribal Food Sovereignty
ITEP September, 27-29th, 2016

2. 1994 Tribal College And Universities
TCU Infographic

3. Fond du Lac Tribal College Extension
Unique MNSCU and Tribal Relationship Funded by USDA-NIFA 13 Moons started with 12 workshops 2 hours long, evolved No garden to a garden providing over 300 lbs of food to community Providing technical assistance locally and regionally

4. What is Food Sovereignty?
Treaty Rights
Access to Local Foods
Creating a Local Economy
Taking care of the land and community

5. Can you Say Usufructuary Rights?

6. LOCAL FOODS and local economies
Farm and Gardening on land or the water
Harvesting wild foods for food and medicine
Harvesting manoomin and maple syrup
Fishing including netting and spearing
Hunting Mooz and Wawaaskeshi
Trapping

7. Taking Care of the Land and Community
Class 1 Air Designation
Moving manure
Asserting Government to Government Relationships
Understanding Historical Trauma
Responding to Climate Change Weather Events
Volunteerism and Activism
Learning Ojibwemowin

9. HOW Food Sovereignty looks to a TCU Extension Program
Create culturally relevant curriculum
Assert ourselves as a Sovereign Nation
Take responsibility for Research and Project results
Technical Assistance through workshops, events, and trainings
Seed Saving
Long Term Local Foods Strategic Planning with FNDI
Promoting Traditional Foods and Native Foods and Growing Foods

16. MIScellaneous Information I may have forgot to mention
Outreach to band members through newspaper, radio, and social media
Pow wow to promote the land and community resources from tribal, fed, and state programs
Upcoming workshops and events: canning and preservation, non-timber forest products-seasonal decorations, snowshoes, snowsnakes, pow wow
Funding Sources: USDA-NIFA, FNDI, NASA, MN Sea Grant, Farm to School, 2501, MN SARE

18. Miigwech Family and Friends Co-workers and collaborators Creators
Those who have passed on
USDA NIFA
ITEP
All of you too!

19. WiisinIda, Let’s Eat!