We need more Native American restaurants
In FERN’s latest story, published with Eater, Sean Sherman and Mecca Bos make the case for commercial development of the rich and extensive array of Native American food cultures across middle America. It’s a way, they argue, to diversify the food scene in a region long dominated by conservative fare.
Agriculture continues to grow in tribal nations
Agriculture in Indian Country was a nearly $6.5 billion industry in 2022, according to the most recent Census of Agriculture, up from $3.5 billion just five years earlier. Cattle ranching was the most common form of agriculture production, occurring on 39 percent of farms operated by Native Americans, said Erin Parker, executive director of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative at the University of Arkansas School of Law, speaking during the second-annual State of Native Agriculture Address.