CIAS in the News: Wisconsin Rural Partnerships Institute project featured on Milwaukee’s NPR
Hinu Smith (Ho-Chunk Department of Agriculture), Tricia Gorby (UW-Madison Extension), and others discuss RPI grant, Indigenous Food Systems Resilience: Connecting Cultural Values and Indigenous Research

In a recent Milwaukee NPR interview, Hinu Smith, Executive Director of the Ho-Chunk Department of Agriculture and Tricia Gorby, assistant dean and director of UW-Madison’s Extension’s Natural Resources Institute, share how the Ho-Chunk Nation, with support from academic partners like CIAS, are working towards Indigenous food sovereignty. These efforts are bolstered by a
These efforts are bolstered by a four-year grant (2023–2026) from the Wisconsin Rural Partnerships Institute at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
CIAS Research Program Manager Dan Cornelius serves as co-lead on the project.
CIAS staff including Director Erin Silva, Research Scientist Hanna McIntosh, Senior Research III and Practicing Economic Anthropologist Michelle Miller, and Administrative Specialist Frankie Anderson support the Integrated Crop and Livestock objective.
To read or listen to the interview, please click on the link below:
In the face of climate change, Ho-Chunk Nation working toward food sovereignty