Boost Indigenous Food Sovereignty with AONSK

Alliance of Native Seedkeepers is ready to launch our Indigenous Grower’s Program in an effort to honor the stewardship, Living Ways and Food Sovereignty efforts of our Relatives across Turtle Island. AONSK is a Native-owned benefit corporation, devoted to reconnecting Indigenous People to our ancestral food ways and restoring the sacred relationship between these seeds and our communities. AND - WE GOT OUR OWN BUILDING!!

First, who are we are serving? We remove barriers, open access and help build capacity for the next generation of Indigenous growers.

To achieve these ambitions, we have secured our first property to house our seed operations! This 1950s building has solid bones but needed some TLC...so far we have:

Next up - receive the highly anticipated seed-packing machine and expand our offerings!

As we grow, we’ll need..

We have come a longggg way from a corner in a small apartment then a small room in our small house to running electricity through an extension cord to a shed in our home's yard to this new headquarters - amazing! We will never stop growing but this is a huge step for us. One that we couldn’t do without YOU, our supporters. With this expansion, we will have the space and capacity to fulfill our mission and vision.

The funds will be used to do the following work: