Adopt a Buffalo to Support Food Security and Sovereignty in the Abenaki Nation
When you Adopt a Buffalo, you help to feed more families in the Nulhegan Band of the Abenaki Tribe.
100% of your donation helps to care for and manage the Abenaki Herd located at Pitcher Mountain Farm.
Small Donation ~ Big Impact
Benefits for the Abenaki
Decrease the direct cost for the farmer to raise and care for a buffalo, thus lowering the cost of the meat for the Abenaki
Increase the herd size and acreage where the buffalo roam to provide more meat each year
Directly Promotes Food Security for the Abenaki people
Promotes a healthy animal, healthy protein source and healthy community
Global Benefits
Buffalo help revitalize the soil which promotes healthy grasses & grasslands
We are all connected! Your donation helps the Native People, the American icon, the land, the and the environment
Your Donation can help revitalize a Nation!
Visit https://abenakitribe.org/food-security for more information about Abenaki Helping Abenaki
Located in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, the town of Holland has beautiful rolling green hills and tall strong trees. The land has nurtured residents here for generations. There are farms, families, schools, and a post office, and people who live and work in the community – but what you won’t see in Holland, Vermont is a grocery store. Many of the families who live here are struggling to make ends meet between rising costs and higher health care premiums – not to mention the current uncertainty of benefits like SNAP and WIC.
That’s where Abenaki Helping Abenaki comes into the picture.
Our food shelf in Holland, Vermont serves approximately 700 people each month – and there's been increased demand in recent months. It’s not only a place that feeds our friends and neighbors, it also creates connections in our community.
Between Holland, Shelburne, Contoocook NH, and other sites, our programs provide more than 50,000 pounds of food to Abenaki Tribal Citizens and community members alike. Much of this food comes from local farmers and providers that we pay for eggs, fresh vegetables, meat, and more.
Additionally, we maintain a herd of bison in Stoddard NH, to feed our tribal members. Maintaining the herd takes feed and hay, services from local veterinarians and other providers and more.
Our food program isn’t just providing food, it also supports the local economy.
But with rents and food costs soaring and federal grants disappearing, we nearly had to close the Holland Food Shelf this year — leaving 700 people without reliable access to food. Thankfully, a generous donor stepped in to fund operations through March. That’s six more months of food on the table, of hearing the latest news at the food shelf, and of connecting farmers with people in this community.
Will you help us keep the food shelf open after this generous gift ends in March?
Every gift, of every size makes a huge difference in our effort, and your gift is tax deductible to the extent provided by law. Your support makes the difference for people across Vermont and New Hampshire.
No one should go to bed hungry – and with your support we can ensure more of our neighbors have a place to go for good food and community connection. Please make a gift today!
NH is home to a herd of buffalo owned by the Abenaki Helping Abenaki
Holistic Roots & The Abenaki Nation
Holistic Roots is honored to be working in partnership with Yankee Farmer’s Market and Abenaki Helping Abenaki, Inc., (AHA), acting on behalf of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation. It is our hope that both the Abenaki Nation and the American herds of Bison thrive once again.
This year, the Abenaki Nation purchased a small herd of Bison as part of their Abenaki Bison Project to supplement their Food Security Program. AHA contracted with Yankee Farmers Market with the help of Pitcher Mountain farm to oversee the management and development of their NH herd. A single, mature bison provides up to 600 pounds of meat, which is distributed, free of charge, to Abenaki families. With over 2500 families to feed in New England, there is a big need.
Holistic Roots plans on supporting this project by serving as a partner 501(c)(3) and working with Abenaki Helping Abenaki. We hope to provide the following assistance:
Supporting the Abenaki Food Security Program by identifying fiscal sponsorship for the herd in the form of grants, public funds, and private donations.
Allowing members of the Abenaki Nation, and the general public, to directly support the herd.
Develop an educational program that enables Abenaki Nation members to learn the skill of raising, managing, and harvesting Bison.
For more information or to get involved, please email info@holistic-roots.org
MISSION STATEMENT
AHA “Abenaki Helping Abenaki” Inc. (“AHA”), is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization primarily created for charitable, religious and educational purposes. AHA’s mission is to preserve the culture, community awareness, charitable endeavors and outreach of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki People (“Nulhegan Band”). AHA provides various educational resources to meet the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of the Nulhegan Band and other Native American students. Also, AHA supplies community members with healthy food and necessary essentials in times of need. Lastly, AHA is committed to educating Nulhegan Band citizens and other Native Americans on traditional, organic, agriculture, and sustainable living.
Interested in helping us with this project?
Further reading:Read more about the Abenaki Tribe here.
U.S. Department of the Interior Press Release: New Secretary’s Order and over $25 million from Inflation Reduction Act will help incorporate Indigenous Knowledge to restore iconic species. Full TextS.4639 - North American Grasslands Conservation Act of 2022 Full Text