Food Sovereignty

Four Sisters Farm & Farmers Market

This project of NACDI aims to bring the community together to improve healthy food access and celebrate Indigenous heritage and culture. We strive to seed opportunities to engage with fresh and healthy food in various ways and heal land, bodies, and spirits.

Four Sisters Farm

The Four Sisters Urban Farm is centrally located in East Phillips and reclaims land and space in order to encourage growing foods and plant knowledge. We hope to signal to the community that the Indigenous Food Sovereignty approach is rebuilding our food systems.

Four Sisters Farmers Market

The Four Sisters Farmers Market is an Indigenous-focused farmers market centered on providing increased access to affordable, healthy, culturally appropriate local foods within the American Indian Cultural Corridor. Open Thursdays from 11 AM to 3 PM during the growing season.

Urban Growers Collective

The Four Sisters Urban Growers Collective seeks to support urban agriculture, create access to healthy culturally appropriate foods, and build community connections. This will program will host a collective table at our Farmers Market selling produce and flowers from various small scale urban growers.

Food Sovereignty News

Go to The Four Sisters Urban Farm is Hosting the Annual Seedling Giveaway on May 17th 
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The Four Sisters Urban Farm is Hosting the Annual Seedling Giveaway on May 17th 

Image: TJ Turner MINNEAPOLIS – Mark your calendars! Saturday, May 17th, is the third Annual Seedling Giveaway at the Four Sisters Urban Farm. The event is co-sponsored by the East Phillips Improvement Coalition (EPIC) and the Four Sisters Urban Farm, a project of the Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI). Read More

Go to MPR: Native communities keep maple syrup traditions going, even in urban areas
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MPR: Native communities keep maple syrup traditions going, even in urban areas

In south Minneapolis, the sound of cars driving by is like white noise. Blue bags hang from maple trees that line the sides of city streets. The Native American Community Development Institute, or NACDI, has been busy collecting sap from neighborhood trees in recent weeks for the purpose of sugar… Read More

Go to Star Tribune: Twin Cities farmers markets owned and operated by people of color offer food, culture, community
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Star Tribune: Twin Cities farmers markets owned and operated by people of color offer food, culture, community

For Destiny Jones, an Indigenous-owned farmers market is key to preserving cultural traditions — especially in a city, she says, that can sometimes be hostile and isolating to the community.   “It’s really exciting to be at the market, and to see all of these people that know… Read More

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Food Sovereignty Events

  • Sep 25, 2025 | 11:00 AM–3:00 PMNACDI and IHB Fourth Annual Pickle Off – The Native American Community Development Institute and Indian Health Board are teaming up for our 4th annual Pickle Off! Under Manoominike-giizis (wild rice moon) / Psiŋhnaketu Wi (rice drying moon), our Four Sisters Food Sovereignty program celebrates the act of storing and preserving goods for the long winter we face in Minnesota with a friendly […] Learn More

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