Mending the Disconnect with Food: An Oneida Food Sovereignty Initiative

05/29/2026

Canola oil is the most prominent seed oil used as engine lubricant, so what is it doing in your food?

Seed oils like canola oil are made with heat and pressure. They have been refined, bleached, deodorized, and lack any nutritional value whatsoever.

Through this manufacturing process, toxins develop, multiply, and change. And cooking and reheating with these toxic oils only creates more toxins.

But the good news about seed oils is that removing them from your diet is one of the most powerful things you can do for your health!

Dr. Eric Berg, DC, not MD; information only

05/29/2026

Little by little, convenience replaced skills that once kept families fed, connected, and self sufficient.

05/29/2026

Join the UW-Madison Indigenous Food Systems Project for our next webinar.

🌰 June 3 from 12-1 PM CST: Growing Honeyberries, Juneberries, and Hazelnuts on a Small Scale

Interested in growing honeyberries, Juneberries and hazelnuts in your garden or small farm but unsure where to start? Join Steffen Mirsky (UW Extension Emerging Crops Program Coordinator) to learn the fundamentals of perennial fruit and nut production. The session will then take a closer look at the unique considerations for these three emerging crops in Wisconsin. Topics will include site selection and preparation, cultivar selection, planting, management, and harvesting.

Register here: go.wisc.edu/indigenous-food-systems

05/27/2026

So proud of the work we’re doing!

05/27/2026

Food as Medicine

05/27/2026

Have you ever heard of a CSA share?

CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture — a way to support local farmers while receiving fresh, seasonal produce directly from the farm each week.

Local, organically grown foods are often fresher, more nutrient-dense, and travel far fewer miles than store-bought produce. Supporting programs like this also helps strengthen our local food system and community.

If you’ve been wanting to eat more fresh, healthy foods while supporting local agriculture, this is a great opportunity to check out!

05/27/2026

05/27/2026

📣 SAVE THE DATE! 📣

🪶 Join us for the 39th Annual Great Lakes Regional Conference, hosted by the Bay Mills Indian Community!

📅 August 30 – September 4, 2026
📍 Bay Mills Resort and Casino in Brimley, Michigan

🤝 This annual gathering brings together professionals, leaders, and community members committed to advancing fish, wildlife, and natural resource stewardship across the Great Lakes region.

👀 Stay tuned for more details on registration, agenda, and speakers!

05/27/2026

This proverb is as simple as it gets: eat wrong, and no drug can fix you. Eat right, and you won't need one at all.

Think about it this way. Your body is like a car. You can take it to the mechanic every week — but if you keep putting the wrong fuel in the tank, it's going to keep breaking down. The mechanic isn't the problem. The fuel is.

Food is information. Every single bite you take is sending instructions to your body — telling it to repair or break down, to fight inflammation or feed it, to age slowly or fast.

The Sardinian shepherds I studied while writing Young Forever weren't taking a handful of supplements or managing a list of prescriptions. They were eating wild, seasonal, phytochemical-rich food their whole lives. Their bodies simply had what they needed to keep running.

Most of us have it backwards. We wait until something breaks, then look for a pill to fix it. But medicine was always meant to be the last resort — not the plan.

Food is the plan.