July 1, 2020

FAST Blackfeet pantry preparing to go mobile as they fight food insecurity on the Blackfeet Reservation

Author: Evelyn Schultz

A community organization on the Blackfeet Reservation is finding ways to adapt as they work to meet the needs of their community during COVID-19.
FAST Blackfeet fights food insecurity and works to make sure people have access to healthy, affordable and culturally relevant food.
In September 2019, they created the Ō´yō´•ṗ´ food pantry. Since then, they have stepped up to safely provide thousands of food for families who need it, even as a pandemic changed everything.
“This was really out of left