Meskwaki Food Sovereignty Initiative

The mission of Meskwaki Food Sovereignty Initiative (MFSI) is to secure food sovereignty by seeding, growing, and harvesting Meskwaki indigenous knowledge and life-ways.

Join MFSI staff and volunteers at the Red Earth Gardens on the Meskwaki Settlement, located 25 miles north of Grinnell, to learn about community-based education and outreach around food system control and development of sustainable local farms and farmers. Following tours of MSFI gardens, a local-foods lunch will be served. Sponsored by the Center for Prairie Studies.

Tour: 9:30 - 11:15 a.m.
Red Earth Gardens, Meskwaki Elder Garden, Meskwaki Settlement School Garden

Local-foods lunch 11:15 - noon
Cornbread or Bakote, seasonal farm salad, squash and bean soup, seasonal melons, lemon balm and mint iced tea.

Please email Jan Graham if you plan to attend. If you have reserved a spot on the bus, meet the bus at the Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center drop-off zone at 9 a.m. for the 25-minute ride to Red Earth Gardens. Please wear weather-appropriate clothing and walking shoes.