Seeds of Tomorrow: Empowering Native Youth in Agriculture

The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative's first episode of Rooted Wisdom: Exploring Tribal Agriculture highlights the Native Youth in Food and Agriculture Leadership Summit. In this episode, host and IFAI's Communications Manger Tish Mindemann sits down with Summer Wilkie (Cherokee Nation), IFAI's next generation manager, to discuss the past 10 years and upcoming highlights for the Native Youth in Food and Agriculture Leadership Summit. IFAI's Communications Director Mary Belle Zook (Citizen Potawatomi Nation) catches up with the Intertribal Agriculture Council's Mackenize Martinez on her past experiences as a participant and the role the Youth Summit has had on her career. Click below to hear the episode.