Food is Medicine in Medicine Spring Library : Food Sovereignty Needs In A Tribal Library - AILA President's Program

Join AILA's Past President Aaron LaFromboise as she explores how libraries can support food sovereignty in both individual and community life. See how Medicine Spring Library has incorporated growing food year round as a part of the strategic plan for community outreach. Learn about campus and community support that help make Medicine Spring Libraries efforts useful and meaningful to community members. Participants will learn how to model food sovereignty in libraries and communities. Participants will learn the importance of food sovereignty and how it affects everyone. Finally, participants will engage with the Blackfeet Reservation community effort to bring healthy food and ways of knowing to its residents.