Indigenous Food System Planning & Design Program
Transform your local food vision into a professional, grant-ready project through this 17-week collaborative mentorship. You will create a completed Food System Master Design, Project Development Plan, and budgets tailored to your project. Join a network of dedicated champions and secure the long-term support needed to ensure your food system flourishes for generations. See below
Full details here: Indigenous Food System Planning and Design Program Tier 1
The Indigenous Food System Planning & Design Program is a capacity-building initiative designed to addresses the critical need for quality, self-determined food system planning and design that is both accessible and sustainable for all communities. Rather than relying on external firms, this program empowers local champions to lead a distinctions-based planning and design process that ensures cultural alignment and long-term project resilience.
The Economic Advantage:
Hiring a private firm to develop a food system master plan can cost a community between $30,000 and $75,000+, often resulting in a static document. This program provides the same functional outcomes— site assessments, concept designs, and implementation workplans—for a fraction of the cost (starting at $4,500). However, unlike a one-time consulting contract, this program offers a permanent support network and ensures the knowledge, skills, and design-thinking remains within the community.
Program Tiers
- Tier 1: Community Partnership ($4,500): The 17-week core program, digital/physical Toolkit, lifetime Community of Practice access, quarterly Alumni Connection calls, and ongoing Grant Alerts.
- Tier 2: Technical Mentorship ($6,500): Tier 1 plus 4 hours of private 1-on-1 mentorship, a professional “Ready-to-Build” Implementation Audit, and grant application support for one 2027 application.
- Tier 3: Long-Term Legacy ($9,500): Tier 1 & 2 plus “Slump Insurance” (10 total hours of mentorship usable over 5 years), expanded grant support (3 applications), and annual Priority Planning calls for the first 5 years.
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