⏳ Only 2 days left to apply! Don’t miss your chance to apply for NAAF’s 2025 funding— applications close soon. Get yours in before the deadline! Visit NativeAmericanAgricultureFund.org/2025-rfa for all resources regarding the application.

🔔 Final Hours Alert! ⏰ The countdown is on! Submit your 2025 funding application by 11:59 PM CT tonight (May 1). For additional resources to help you with your application please visit: nativeamericanagriculturefund.org/2025-rfa

🎙️ Webinar: Amplify Your Message with Digital Media Tools Join us on May 15 at 9 AM PT for a dynamic session on using social media, email, content calendars, zines, and custom graphics to elevate your storytelling and expand your impact. 🔗nativeamericanagriculturefund.org/native-ag-comm…

🥫🌾Join us on May 13 at 1 PM CT for our second Working with Food Banks webinar with @feedingamerica Register on our website: nativeamericanagriculturefund.org/resources/naaf…

Join us to learn more about how food banks are partnering with Tribal nations, programs, & agribusinesses to strengthen regional food systems and Indigenous food access through Tribal-led distribution and cooperative models. Feeding America us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

New Board Members include a foundational Keepseagle claimant, a former USDA Farm Service Agency Administrator, and a former Small Business Administration Assistant Administrator for the Office of Native American Affairs Visit: nativeamericanagriculturefund.org/newsroom

With NAAF support, the University of Arizona’s Tribal Extension is equipping Tribal communities like the San Carlos Apache Tribe with hands-on livestock care training and the renovation of an old cattle sale ring. NativeAmericanAgricultureFund.org/grantee-stories UArizona Cooperative Extension

🏡 Join Flower Hill Institute at 12 p.m. MT on June 17 for pt. 1 of the Farmworker Housing: Webinar Series, which will explore workforce housing as agricultural infrastructure, community-driven solutions, and how affordable housing can transform lives. 🔗 bit.ly/4kY4eFt

We're proud to work with partners like the Native American Agriculture Fund. Hear from Chanel Ford, NAAF’s Director of Programs, as she shares how our work together is strengthening food systems and building brighter futures across Indian Country. #IndianAg #PartnershipInAction

NAAF’s Director of Communications, (R) Whitney Sawney, and Executive Director of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative, Carley Griffith Hotvedt (L), took the stage as panelists at the 𝙎𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙩𝙮 𝙎𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙪𝙢.

From access to capital to community-led innovation, each grant creates ripples of change across Indian Country. We invite you to dive deeper into the stories, successes, and shared momentum by exploring our full annual report. 🔗: bit.ly/naaf2024report #ag #nativeagfund

Our grantees aren’t just making change — they’re building legacies. From food sovereignty to economic empowerment, their work is powerful, purposeful, and deeply rooted in tradition and community. 🔗bit.ly/naaf2024report or visit nativeamericanagriculturefund.org #nativeagfund #ag

Throughout 2024, NAAF actively engaged with producers, organizations, and leaders who are transforming food systems across Indian Country. Read more in NAAF’s 2024 Annual Report at NativeAmericanAgricltureFund.org #NativeAgFund #Agriculture #Ag #NativeAg

Meet Keona Mason, citizen of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma, 2023 @TribalAgFellowship recipient, & our summer ‘25 comms intern! 🎓 Master’s student in Ag Comm Oklahoma State Univ., Keona brings her talent for storytelling & design to Native American Agriculture Fund & @TribalAgFellowship. 👉 Learn more on our website!

NAAF has invested nearly $30 million into 26 Native Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), resulting in over 800 regrants, loans, and critical support services. CDFIs are vital partners in advancing Tribal agriculture and food sovereignty.  bit.ly/CDFIimpact

This World Conservation Day, we honor the regenerative wisdom of Indigenous farmers. From intercropping to seed saving, these practices care for the land, restore balance, and feed communities for generations. #WorldConservationDay

📢 NAAF is now accepting applications for its Board of Trustees! We strongly encourage Keepseagle claimants or their descendants and those with agricultural production experience to apply by Sept. 5: nativeamericanagriculturefund.org/careers/

🎯 Want to sharpen your grant practices? Join NAAF’s free webinar: From Application to Impact: Best Practices for Grantees 📅 Sept. 30  ⏰ 1-2:30 p.m. central ✅ Data + story ✅ Budgeting tips ✅ Compliance & reporting ✅ Live Q&A 🔗 Register: bit.ly/NAAF930