The inaugural efforts of the Land-Grant Partners Project focus attention specifically on 1994-1862 collaborations. There are many paths toward a more comprehensive set of 1994-1862 partnerships that would be mutually beneficial to these land-grant institutions, all in service to an increased amount of support to Native American communities.
Plans are underway to include partnerships involving the 1890 land-grant institutions in the not-too-distant future, with a focus on directing greater resources toward African American communities. Our long-term goal is to eliminate the structural isolationism that currently exists among the 1862, 1890, and 1994 land-grant institutions.
LGP Summit | 2023 FALCON Pre-Conference Event
The LGP Summit goals and mission are: Truth, reconciliation, and reciprocal efforts among land-grant universities to build a better future for everyone. To learn more, visit the Land-Grant Partners Summit page.
Summit Details
What: Preconference meeting before conference of the First Americans Land-Grant Consortium (FALCON)
When: October 12-13, 2023 – starting early on the 12th and ending at noon on the 13th
Where: Hampton Inn/Homewood Suites, 550 15th Street, Denver, CO
Reservation links – use code FND (please reserve rooms for October 11 & 12 nights)
Hampton Inn & Suites Denver Downtown, phone: (303) 623-5900
Homewood Suites Denver Downtown, phone: (303) 534-7800
Who: Administrators, faculty, Extension personnel, and other officials representing 1862 land-grant universities or 1994 tribal colleges and universities.
Host: First Nations Development Institute (Longmont, CO), hosting this first summit in conjunction with FALCON and CHRR at The Ohio State University
Information regarding the LGP Summit and pre-conference registration: info@landgrantpartners.org
Learn more about the LGP Summit
2023 FALCON Conference
The conference will include sessions in 1994 land-grant teaching, extension programs and research that benefit Native American students, communities, governments, and lands. There will be a strong student focus and tribal college students are especially invited to participate and present their work. The conference will also include a USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) update, training workshops, information-sharing, and networking opportunities. FALCON 2023 registration is now open.
What: 19th Annual – First Americans Land-Grant Consortium (FALCON)
When: October 13-15, 2023
Where: Hilton Denver City Center, Denver, Colorado
Additional FALCON conference information is available as a downloadable PDF.
2023 Summit Steering Committee
The Ohio State University
Cornell University
Colorado State University
North American Food System Network
College of Menominee Nation
Racial Equity in the Food System
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
College of the Muscogee Nation
University of Vermont
Land-Grant Partners
Center for Regional Food Systems, Michigan State University
University of California, Davis
University of Wyoming (Professor Emeritus)
University of California, Davis
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative, University of Arkansas