Essay Question: Imagine that you have the opportunity to invest $100,000 in improving your community’s food and agriculture systems. You’ve been tasked with outlining how you will deploy the $100,000 investment in your community and you will use this essay to share how this investment will support Indian Agriculture as a whole. In your proposal, make sure to outline the following:  What needs exist in your community and how can enhancing Indian agriculture and food systems meet this need? How can your investment create a lasting, regenerative impact? What intertribal collaborations will you pursue to ensure this investment improves multiple communities?  As applicable, connect your investment’s relationship to economics, conservation and innovation, legal and policy work, communications, professional development, and food systems.