Interview with an Indigenous Farmer: Abianne Falla

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Name: Abianne Falla Location: Catspring, Texas Business name: Catspring Yaupon Tribal affiliation: Chickasaw    Why do you think it’s important to make traditional foods accessible for Native people? Accessibility, for me, is about restoration. When Native people can actually get their hands on traditional foods that are grown on their land, harvested by their communities, and priced fairly, it restores something that was deliberately severed.  With yaupon, there are roughly 20 million […]

CatSpring Yaupon recognized as certified organic

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One of SweetGrass Trading’s yaupon tea vendors, CatSpring Yaupon, recently became Regenerative Organic Certified. It is the first yaupon producer to do so.   Regenerative Organic Certified™ is a revolutionary new certification for food, textiles, and personal care ingredients. ROC™ farms and products meet the highest standards in the world for soil health, animal welfare, and farmworker fairness. CatSpring received certification in 2021 […]

CatSpring Yaupon

Abianne Falla and JennaDee Detro