Mvskoke Food Sovereignty Initiative has a youtube page that will allow you to see our staff in action on all our current projects! Watch our Youth Night Video now!
MFSI invites everyone to the MFSI Grand Opening on September 24th. Visitors can stop at 100 East 7th Suite 101, downtown Okmulgee, anytime between 9 am - 4 pm. Refreshments will be served throughout the day. We would like everyone to come and visit our Resource Center and Gift Shop that is open during normal office hours. If you have any questions about the Grand Opening, contact the office at 918.756.5915.
MFSI Film Night
MFSI will be showing an educational film with light refreshments on September 2nd, beginning at 6 pm. 100 East 7th Suite 101, downtown Okmulgee. For more information, call our office: 918.756.5915
Hoop House Workshop
A free workshop on Saturday, September 11 , offers a chance to learn about hoop houses, and get some hands on experience building a low-cost version, at Belcher’s Bucket of Berries, a U-pick farm near Sapulpa. The workshop is free, but registration by September 7 is required to reserve a place. To register, contact the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture by phone (918.647.9123), fax (918.647.8712), or by
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. A registration form, brochure, and driving directions are available online at www.kerrcenter.com.
4th Annual Farm & Food Leadership Conference
Come join an exciting gathering of farmers, consumer, and nonprofit activists at the 4th Annual Farm and Food Leadership Conference, in Austin, Texas. This two-day event will focus on policy and regulatory issues affecting agriculture and our food supply, including the next Farm Bill, food safety issues, raw milk, Codex, NAIS, water use issues, regulation of slaughterhouses, Slow Money, and more. There will also be workshops to help you become a more effective activist, including how to lobby and how to develop an effective message. Register for the 4th Annual Farm and Leadership Conference by downloading a registration form and mail it to P.O. Box 809, Cameron, TX, 76520.
Oklahoma Farmers & Ranchers Meeting at Wilson Indian Community
Wilson Indian Community will be hosting a meeting with the Oklahoma Farmers and Ranchers Monday, September 15th, at 6:30 p.m. Everyone in the Okmulgee and Henryetta areas are invited to attend. Wilson Indian Community is located 10 miles north of Henryetta and 15 miles west of Okmulgee. For more information please contact Rita Williams 650-9758 after 6 p.m. or MFSI 756-5915.
Okemah Hompetv Hvyvlke
Are you a beginner or master gardener? Farmer? Someone who is just interested about learning about Indigenous foods? Okemah will be starting a Hompetv Hvyvlke (Food Preparers) group. The first meeting will be a social meeting and getting to know each other and overall view of the things everyone would like to learn and how to prepare for a community garden. The meeting will be at Cassandra Thompson’s home at 106 B Fuscate in Okemah’s Creek Nation Housing, beginning at 6:30, August 31st. Everyone is welcome, please bring a lawn chair and dish to share. If you have any questions, Cassandra can be contacted at 918.759.0883.
