Understanding Through Listening: Connecting with Indigenous Foodways in Montana

In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT Local Food Systems Specialists Maura Henn and Molly Kirkham talk with Indigenous Food Sovereignty Consultant Cheyenne Robinson about their project, “Understanding Through Listening: Connecting with Native Food Ways in Montana.”The project focused on holding listening sessions in Native American communities in Montana, primarily on Indian reservations, to learn if community members would be interested in developing an Indigenous Harvest of the Month program. Harvest of the Month is a farm-to-school educational framework designed to promote locally grown food in Montana schools and communities.Maura, Molly, and Cheyenne talk about what they learned conducting the sessions, the process of developing the listening-session framework, and what their next steps will be. Related ATTRA Resources:• Farm to SchoolProject Partners:• Grow Montana• Montana Cooperative Development Center Distribution Study – Challenges and Opportunities for Grocers in Rural and Tribal Communities• No Kid Hungry• Montana Partnership to End Childhood HungerOther Resources:• Understanding Through Listening• Harvest of the Month• Montana Harvest of the Month• Menominee Harvest of the Moon• Nebraska Harvest of the Month Indigenous Foods and Training• National Farm to School NetworkContact Maura Henn at [email protected] complete a brief survey to let us know your thoughts about the content of this podcast.You can get in touch with NCAT/ATTRA specialists and find access to our trusted, practical sustainable-agriculture publications, webinars, videos, and other resources at ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.