Rooted in the traditional teachings of farming,
we honor the lessons left by our Grandparents
and a legacy of ancestors who sustained these lands
and our peoples, for centuries.
Seeded Sisters, Inc. grew in its own backyard, the beautiful, majestic Jemez, New Mexico.
We support indigenous women working to collectively address the issues of food inequality, environmental racism and justice movements to grow and buy local, in the State of New Mexico.
Seeded Sisters has developed intentional partnerships with community, non-profit entities, Tribal Administration and Leadership, Community Schools, Student bodies and Health Department officials to better equip our minds of the challenges to feed our children the best and healthiest foods.
From budgetary constraints to State laws that prevented local farmer sales, we broke apart the direct food systems that regulated our local school bodies and began a one-year assessment of all the key stakeholders.
In 2015, we created intentional partnerships with community, non-profit entities, Tribal Administration and Leadership, Community Schools, Student bodies and Health Department officials to better equip our minds of the challenges to feed our children the best and healthiest foods. From budgetary constraints to State laws that prevented local farmer sales, we broke apart the direct food systems that regulated our local school bodies and began a one-year assessment of all the key stakeholders.
The following year, we returned with four farmers over 7 acres of farmland, one broker, a partnering school and Tribal Nutritionist, a supportive State Law and a growing list of community partners. A MOU was established with the San Diego Riverside Charter School and in 2016 we erected the first 30’x100’ cold frame in the Pueblo of Jemez. As a collective, school sales were processed and State dollars awarded to the school, to support its purchasing of local foods from New Mexico farmers.
Since then, we have donated nearly 2,500 lbs of fresh produce to the Pueblo of Jemez Charter Schools (k-12) and Senior Citizen Food Program. The sales and direct access to quality, fresh produce was established and continues to build local economics for our farmers. Our efforts, allowed us to join a larger network of farmers from throughout New Mexico, gain recognition from State officials who supported a $30,000 budget increase in 2019-2020 FY, providing our local school district, Jemez Valley Public Schools greater access to improve food quality for all children.
By understanding our community needs, resources and capacity to grow – we are innovatively taking “unemployment” in its explicit nature and demonstrating paradigm shifts to pursue sustainable employment opportunities through job training and career development.
We define our ability to identify human capitol and create community wealth.
Pueblo Women Rising
Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Monday – Sunday
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Email: unite@seededsisters.org