In collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC) is partnering with Akiptan, the Indian Land Tenure Foundation, and the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative, to serve Tribal producers through the National Intertribal Food Business Center (NIFBC).
PARTNERS
Akiptan is a Native American Community Development Financial Institution that provides loans and technical assistance to those in Indian Agriculture. Akiptan’s mission is to transform Native agriculture and food economies by delivering creative capital, leading paradigm changes, and enhancing producer prosperity across Indian Country. Akiptan offers a whole suite of services that include financing youth, start ups, operating costs and ownership.
The Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) is a national, community-based organization serving American Indian nations and people in the recovery and control of their rightful homelands. We work to promote education, increase cultural awareness, create economic opportunity, and reform the legal and administrative systems that prevent Indian people from owning and controlling reservation lands.
The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI) focuses on putting Tribal sovereignty in food sovereignty, promoting Tribally driven solutions to revitalize and advance traditional food systems and diversified economic development throughout Indian Country. IFAI provides Tribal governments, producers, and food businesses with educational resources, policy research, and strategic legal analysis as a foundation for building robust food economies.
Contact IAC to learn more.
Email us at nifbc@indianag.org or fill out the contact form linked below for more information about IFBC.
