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Food Forests

The Community Food Council and the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation are partners in created food forests across the Del Norte and Tribal Lands area. 

The collaboration was funded by a $400,000 USDA Community Food Project grant and a United Indian Health Services grant received by the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation. The funding lasted for 4 years and was used to create 4 new food forests. 

The Food Forest Project offers many opportunities for volunteers to get their hands dirty and participate in sustainable agriculture training.

For more information, check out Triplicate's project write-up here and see our list of food forest sites below. 
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Food forests combine perennial and annual crops in
​multi-layered cultivation that maximizes cop diversity, space productivity, and ecosystem health. 

Smith River

• Xaa-wan'-k'wvt Chee-ne' Tetlh-tvm' (Howonquet Head Start Food Forest)

Weitchpec

• Weych-pues 'we-nue-nep-ueh (Saints Rest Food Forest)

Klamath

• Au-Minot 'we-nue-nep-ueh (Klamath Food Forest)
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Crescent City

• Taa-'at-dvn Chee-ne' Tetlh-tvm' (Crescent City Food Forest) at College of the Redwoods
The DNATL Community Food Council is housed within the Family Resource Center of the Redwoods and is supported by The California Endowment's Building Healthy Communities Initiative.
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Photos on this site are courtesy of Bryant Anderson, Food Council staff or members, or are in the public domain.