Tribal Food Producer Information Session—March
March 12, 2025 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Registration Deadline: March 11, 2025 - 11:59PM
Join the Great Lakes Intertribal Food Coalition and Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center for a meeting on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 to connect and learn.
March 12, 2025, 12:30 PM EST | 11:30 AM CST
Register: https://bit.ly/MarchTribalFoodProducerSession
The Tribal Food Producer Information Session will provide a virtual space to come together for learning about tax recordkeeping and funding opportunities.
These quarterly sessions will be facilitated by Jen Falck (Oneida Nation), owner of Kahulahele Farmstead and Partnership Program Coordinator, Menominee Tribe’s Department of Agriculture and Food Systems, and Dan Cornelius (Oneida Nation), owner of Yowela Farms, grower of heritage Indigenous crops, and Outreach Program Manager for the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Jen and Dan will be joined by Julie Jesmer and Jamie Rahrig of Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.
On March 12, the session will focus on recordkeeping for tax preparation and funding opportunities. Having organized tax records will not only make tax season easier, but also prepare you for applying for funding.
Tribal food producers will learn about resources available to them through the Great Lakes Intertribal Food Coalition and Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center. One resource includes the first phase of the Business Builder grant program for food and/or farm businesses in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. Over $10 million dollars will be distributed across the region to assistance providers and through the grant program over the next four years.
Meeting hosts:
- Jen Falck (Oneida Nation) works for the Menominee Tribe’s Department of Agriculture & Food Systems. She has professional experience in environmental health, food safety, tribal administration, and tribal legislation. Her current projects include the Wisconsin Tribal Elder Food Box Program, developing a Menominee Food Code, and helping to rebuild Menominee foodways. Jen is married and has a twenty-one year old daughter in college, a few dogs, and a menagerie of farm animals. Jen and her husband manage Kahulahele Farmstead, an eight acre farmstead which focuses on food sovereignty, restorative agriculture, conscious animal husbandry, building community, and resilience through bartering.
- Dan Cornelius, owner of Yowela Farms and a member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, grows heritage Indigenous crops, raises animals, makes maple syrup, and harvests wild rice. His overall approach seeks to balance modern equipment with inspiration from traditional practices with no-and-minimal tillage for crop production and animals to help cycle nutrients. Dan is also the Outreach Program Manager for the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, as well as serving as a judge on the Oneida Appellate Court.
- Julie Jesmer, Business Builder Grant Program Manager, Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.
- Jamie Rahrig, Food and Farm Outreach Specialist, Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems, MSU Product Center.
Join us Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 12:30 PM EST | 11:30 AM CST on Zoom, to learn and connect. This session will be recorded and shared at glm-rfbc.msu.edu and on Youtube.
Register by Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 11:59 PM
https://msu.zoom.us/meeting/register/-PmP5fHuRz6fv2Hc-_PEKQ
For more information, email glm-rfbc@msu.edu or visit glm-rfbc.msu.edu.
About the Great Lakes Intertribal Food Coalition
The Great Lakes Intertribal Food Coalition works to heal communities by strengthening Indigenous food networks. Their Tribal Elder Food Box Program provides nutrition, culturally meaningful foods for Tribal members over 55 years old. In 2022, the program reached all 11 tribes in Wisconsin, delivering over 24,400 food boxes.
About the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center
The Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center is dedicated to offering coordination, technical assistance, and capacity building opportunities for farmers, producers, and other food business owners in support of a more resilient and competitive food system. Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems (MI) coordinates the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center that is comprised of network coordinators – Chicago Food Policy Action Council (IL), Northwest Indiana Food Council (IN), Food Finance Institute of the University of Wisconsin System (WI), and the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Food Systems – who seek to take a transformational, rather than transactional, approach. Learn more at glm-rfbc.msu.edu
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