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 “As gardeners, we generally always had more than enough harvest to share with our neighbors, even after preserving what foods we needed for the winter. Sharing fresh food was always a means of having conversation with our neighbors. We shared our bounty regardless of whether our neighbors were in need or not in need, it was caring for one another.” Read more from Guest Blogger: Aremita Watson

AmpleHarvest.org in Indian Country: Enabling Native American Gardeners to Donate Surplus Harvests to Nearby Food Pantries Across All Reservations

This presentation was made at the Sixth Annual Conference on Native American Nutrition on September 11, 2023, in Prior Lake, Minnesota. This annual conference series brings together tribal officials, researchers, practitioners, funders and others to discuss the current state of Indigenous and academic scientific knowledge about Native nutrition, dietary health, and food science, and identify new areas of work. It was sponsored by the University of Minnesota Healthy Foods Healthy Lives Institute and the Oklahoma State University Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy. More information is available at www.nativenutrition.umn.edu.