Marbleseed Conference 2025 - Presentations
Indigenous Food and Agriculture Apprenticeship Project
Session: Session 1B
Start / End: 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Fri
Presenters:
- Jen Falck
Ukwahkwa Farmstead’s mission is to help the community learn about traditional Haudenosaunee agricultural methods of planting, growing, harvesting, seed keeping, food preparation, storage, and tool making. Kahulahele Farmstead’s mission is to demonstrate and teach community members how to operate small scale farms activities including small scale livestock, poultry, produce, alternative energy, Indigenous planting, and bartering. The farms have formed a partnership and collaborated on several projects for the Oneida community and beyond. In 2024, they received a Beginning Farmer/Rancher SARE grant and used the funding to test a model to share an Agriculture Apprentice. Jen will share how the project was designed, how it was successful, and the lessons learned.