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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
November 15, 2023 | 2:15-2:35 p.m.
Katherine Minthorn
Associate Director, Technical Assistance Network, Intertribal Agriculture Council • Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Overview
Katherine Minthorn shared about the resources available through the Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC) Technical Assistance Network to help Tribes and Tribal producers enhance government-to-government relations, partnerships, project management, and capacity. She shared success stories, resources, and programs specific to youth, First Foods, and regenerative agriculture, and highlighted the progress that various IAC divisions continue to work toward to help address barriers that Tribal people encounter to USDA programs.
“The theme we hear today is to bring those kind of foods back into our diets that bring us back into better health. The foods that we ate before processed foods kept us healthy.”
Presentation Recording
About Katherine
Katherine Minthorn studied at Idaho State University and Blue Mountain Community College, then majored in Business Administration with a minor
in Range Management at Eastern Oregon State University. She has served on various committees and commissions for the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla, including the Tribal Farm Enterprise, Tiicham Conservation District, Tribal Employment Rights, and Natural Resources. Katherine was appointed by the Clinton Administration (1997) to the Oregon Farm Service Agency State Committee, and then appointed twice (2001 & 2005) by the Bush Administration. In 2008 Katherine was appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers. She has also worked with USDA’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Services with outreach to the Tribes in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and northern California.