Native America Calling

Potatoes, tomatillos, and cherry tomatoes grown and sold by Sakari Farms in Oregon, one of 58,000 Native-owned farms in the U.S., according to the 2022 Census of Agriculture. (Photos: Courtesy of Sakari Farms)

Thursday, February 29, 2024 — The Menu: Native ag producers cash in

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Native American agriculture sales nearly doubled from 2017 to 2022. That’s one of the takeaways from the most recent Census of Agriculture. It is now a $6.4 billion industry despite a global pandemic and a slight decrease in the number of Native farmers across the board in those five years. Also on an upward trajectory is the number of Native-owned restaurants in Albuquerque. Ohkay Owingeh chef Ryan Taylor opened Yapopup in January, settling his small catering company into a brick-and-mortar location within Tiny Grocer ABQ, which is owned by Elizabeth Gaylor (Cherokee). That’s on the latest episode of The Menu on Native America Calling, our regular feature on Indigenous food news and stories.

GUESTS

Kelsey Scott (Lakota), chief strategy officer for the Intertribal Agriculture Council

Ryan Taylor (Ohkay Owingeh), chef and owner of Yapopup

Elizabeth Gaylor (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma), owner of Tiny Grocer ABQ

Break 1 Music: Lilac Sky (song) Thea Hopkins (artist) Lilac Sky (album)

Break 2 Music: Muskwa Dance (feat. Quinton Tootoosis & Dawn Desmarais) (song) Dallas Arcand (artist) Modern Day Warrior (album)

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