Food Sovereignty
Starts With Us
We build community strengths, culture and wellness by developing local, sustainable systems that provide healthy food access and education at every age, for all who need it.
Vision Statement
A healthy, strong, food secure Blackfeet Nation.
Mission Statement
FAST (Food Access and Sustainability Team) Blackfeet is a nonprofit organization founded by a group of involved citizens who are dedicated to improving food security, providing nutrition education, and reclaiming & building food sovereignty within the Blackfeet Nation.
Definitions
Food Security for Our People: Ensuring daily access to healthy, nutritious food for all.
Food Sovereignty for Our Nation: The right to healthy, culturally appropriate foods produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and the right to define our own food and agricultural systems.
We accomplish this through three main pillars of work with advancing programs under each that continue to grow and impact our community.
1. Improving Food Security
Ō’yō’·ṗ’ (We are Eating) Food Pantry
Ō’yō’·ṗ’ On Wheels Mobile Food Pantry (OOW)
2. Providing Nutrition Educationa. Nutrition Education
Cooking Classes (incorporates local/traditional foods)
Recipe booklets, handouts in boxes
Fresh produce vouchers to purchase at local grocery stores
Medical Nutrition Therapy with the dietitian (medicaid/medicare reimbursement)
Nutrition education in the Blackfeet Diabetes Prevention Program
3. Food Sovereignty – creating a food secure and sovereign system
Growing Health Program
Gardening experience and resources
Local foods purchasing for cooking classes and food pantry
Gardening Workshop education classes
We recognize that this work is complex and addresses issues that touch on all aspects of our lives and that this is a long-term endeavor.
We invite you to join us in this effort.
Our Staff
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