Poarch Band of Creek Indians LFPA Plus Executive Summary
The only federally recognized Tribe in Alabama, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, requests $864,186 for the Tribal Food Security Program to expand upon the Tribe’s successful Community Garden, Farmers’ Market, and Food Distribution programs. At least twice each month, the Tribe will host a community distribution of free fresh and minimally processed food to Indian and non-Indian people. Foods will be purchased with grant funds under simple grow agreements with socially disadvantaged and other farmers/producers within a 400-mile radius of the Tribe’s reservation in Atmore, AL.