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Tribal Farmers Fight for Food Access | Dover News
Rhode Island’s Dawn and Cassius Spears are reviving Indigenous farming by growing heritage crops — but federal support for tribal food programs just ended, threatening their livelihoods and communities’ access to traditional, nutritious food. Though Biden’s short-lived Local Food Purchase Assistance and Local Food for Schools programs helped connect tribal governments to local farmers, their March 2024 cancellation left a funding gap. Now, a bipartisan push in Congress seeks to create a permanent grant program, with both House and Senate Farm Bill versions including tribal set-asides to…
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