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USDA announces grants for Indian Reservations
Deputy U.S. Agriculture Secretary Krysta Harden was in Green Bay on Tuesday to announce $700,000 in grants to support nutrition education for Native Americans. The grants will go to 15 programs in 11 states through the USDA’s Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR).
FDPIR operates as an alternative to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for low-income American Indian and non-Indian households that reside in certain designated areas.
Speaking to the Food Sovereignty Summit, Deputy Secretary Harden said, “This year’s awardees have developed creative, self-initiated projects designed to assist participants with incorporating healthy foods and physical activity as daily lifestyle habits.”
In Wisconsin, the Menominee Tribe will use its grant to continue a community garden program and collaborate with the University of Wisconsin-Extension in Menominee County to provide healthy cooking classes, recipes, and nutrition education handouts to FDPIR-eligible participants.
The Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians will conduct weekly nutrition education and food demonstration sessions at the FDPIR program site, the Wellness Center, and the organization’s youth center. This project will also provide nutrition education while making home deliveries of USDA Foods to homebound participants of FDPIR.
Those getting the grants include:
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