Native American Heritage Month: Celebrate Oneida Nation History, Agriculture and Food with Jennifer Falck
Thu, Nov 05
|Lunch Zoom
Join WiWiC and Intertribal Agronomist Jennifer Falck in celebrating Native American Heritage Month by learning about Wisconsin's Oneida Nation!
Time & Location
Nov 05, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch Zoom
About the Event
In this two-part series, farmers and teachers Jennifer Falck & Laura Manthe will share historical and contemporary information about Oneida Nation as well as about Oneida food and land care that have been passed down for generations.
Whatever your background, from beginners to experts, all women are welcome and we want to hear your stories and questions. Feel free to bring your lunch. Pets and children always welcome in our casual Zoom space.
Part 1 Presenter:
Jennifer Falck, Intertribal Agronomist at UW Madison in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Jennifer is also the owner/operator of Kahulahele Farmstead, a small teaching and demonstration farm in the Oneida Nation, where she and her husband Tony Kuchma provide food to the tribal community. They have a 23 year old daughter and too many dogs. They raise chickens, beef, pork, and produce. They teach several types of courses and provide tours on their farm. Jen has worked in the Tribal Food Sovereignty movement for over 20 years.
Their primary goal is to contribute to indigenous food sovereignty, build a micro food system, and practice regenerative agriculture in the tribal community they hold dear. Their farmstead is not merely a place of cultivation; it is a sanctuary of resilience, where the principles of regenerative agriculture take root, revitalizing the soil and replenishing the soul.
“I think this work is important because it brings people to their traditional foodways like seed saving, toolmaking, and food preservation. My work also contributes to building a strong local food system, as well as a larger regional tribal food system for the Great Lakes. I am always excited to share my work with people new to tribal food systems in the hopes that they might want to participate or become an ally of our efforts.” – Jennifer Falck
Jennifer is also a member of Ohe-laku: Among the Cornstalks: a nonprofit agricultural organization made up of Haudenosaunee families relearning how to collectively grow traditional Tuscarora White Corn on the Oneida Reservation. Founded in 2016 with the intent to feed their families and transfer cultural knowledge to the next generation, Ohe·láku has grown from two acres of communal corn into a regionally recognized force for food sovereignty.
In our first gathering, Jen will share Oneida history, and discuss the amazing work being done through the Great Lakes Intertribal Food Coalition and the Wisconsin Tribal Elder Food Box Program. In our second webinar, Laura Manthe, founding member of Ohe-laku, will talk about the corn growing cooperative.
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