Jul 28, 2023 | Events, Indigenous Food Lab, Indigenous Food Lab Market, NĀTIFS
6/01: Grand Opening of the IFL Market In celebration of the grand opening of the IFL Market, NATIFS hosted a community open house June 1, 2023. This is the first Indigenous Food Lab Market; we envision opening other IFL Markets across the country, each servicing the...
Nov 18, 2022 | Indigenous Food Lab, Indigenous Food Lab Market
Indigenous Food Lab Market Update The menu for our hot lunch bar in the upcoming Indigenous retail market is taking shape. The theme is “Choose Your Direction”, which is a “Build Your Own” meal concept where the customer can choose from a variety of proteins,...
Mar 21, 2022 | Events, Indigenous Food Lab, NĀTIFS
Members from the NĀTIFS team went to the Lakota Food Summit in Rapid City from February 14th to the 17th. They had a wonderful time connecting with others about a love of food sovereignty! Our cooks arrived at the small Rapid City airport Monday evening, and after...
Sep 8, 2021 | Indigenous Food Lab
Thomas Andrade came to visit us as a part of our training program here at the Indigenous Food Lab. He currently lives in Anchorage, Alaska with ties to the Tseshaht, Navajo, and Apache nations. He works as a nutrition coordinator for Cook Inlet Tribal Council in their...
Aug 31, 2021 | Indigenous Food Lab, NĀTIFS
On August 11th, we partnered with Accenture to offer a live cooking demo doubling as a Accenture employee fundraiser to benefit our work here at NATIFS. We went live at noon and started with IFL kitchen manager Vern and a visiting chef, Daryl, who walked through how...
Aug 31, 2021 | Indigenous Food Lab, Mashkiikii Gitigan
Tobacco is a very hardy plant that enjoys lots of heat but not humidity – if the plant is too wet it can become weak and thin. It can get to around seven feet tall when fully grown depending on the variety. In our community garden this summer we have been trying...