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Food Sovereignty: How Osage People Will Grow Fresh Foods Locally

Food Sovereignty: How Osage People Will Grow Fresh Foods Locally
Food Sovereignty: How Osage People Will Grow Fresh Foods Locally
Author
Geneva HorseChief-Hamilton
Year

Growing fresh and local foods for Osage people is now a revived approach to food sovereignty for the Osage Nation so efforts to find the most successful methods are being looked into by leadership and community members. On Feb. 7, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture along with the Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology Okmulgee hosted the eighth annual workshop for ‘plasticulture’ farming workshops...

cultural education
cultural preservation
farming
food sovereignty
locally grown foods
traditional foods
Native Nations
Osage Nation
Resource Type
News and Opinion
Topics
Environment and Natural Resources
Citation

HorseChief-Hamilton, Geneva. "Food Sovereignty: How Osage People Will Grow Fresh Foods Locally." Indian Country Today. February 12, 2015. Article. (https://ictnews.org/archive/food-sovereignty-how-osage-people-will-grow-fresh-foods-locally, accessed May 5, 2023)

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