Program offers food sovereignty grants for Indigenous households – TBNewsWatch.com
Gaagige Zaagibigaa will award hundreds of grants to support ability to grow, hunt, process food.
THUNDER BAY – A non-profit organization is offering hundreds of grants to Indigenous households across Northern Ontario, looking to boost projects that help families feed themselves.
The Sovereign Household Supports Program awards up to $2,000 for Indigenous households in remote communities in the north, and up to $1,000 for those in urban and rural communities.
The deadline to apply is Sunday, Feb. 13 at midnight. Applications can be submitted in written or video format, and more information is available online.
Offered for the first time last year, grants helped recipients purchase things like freezers, materials to build smoke shacks and hunt camps, and launch a business selling traditional foods.
