7 Generations，华盛顿州的一家Agtech农场开发和食品分销公司正在将室内垂直农场介绍给美国各地的土著社区。该公司的巨大愿景是通过将Agtech教育和室内垂直农场带入美国原住民教室来改变土著社区的健康。该计划由K-12学生的STEM（科学，技术，工程和数学）课程组成发展健康食品之旅, and a business incubator indoor vertical farm. The goal of the initiative is to help Native communities achieve local food security, energy independence, improve wellness, and increase economic development, with a focus on youth. “The Native youth AgTech initiative takes a culturally correct, systems approach in addressing three pressing needs in Indian country related to—Food, Energy, Jobs,” Ted Treanor, Co-Founder of 7 Generations, says.
Native American reservations often don’t have access to healthful, nutritious, and affordable food options. American Indian and Alaskan Native tribal members also face increased rates of poverty, suicide, diabetes, and other chronic diseases, as well as chronic unemployment, low graduation rates, water shortages, and the lowest income of any ethnic group in the U.S. Native youth are particularly vulnerable in facing these challenges, as well as economic opportunity and access to the necessary resources to create thriving food and agriculture businesses.
根据泰德·特雷诺（Ted Treanor）的说法，有7代，众多社会影响组织，主要公司和AG大学看到了与来自本土社区的年轻食品Agtech（STEM）学者合作的机会，并为他们提供必要的工具，以通过STEM AGTECH计划蓬勃发展。该倡议涉及向教室提供太阳能模块和室内花园的三百个部落，为七十五个部落提供二十英尺的容器农场，以及由Agtech农业，再生农业，食品安全，食品，食品，食品和营养的Agtech耕作组成的STEM课程。农场经济学和可再生能源。STEM课程提供了“动手学习有关营养，可再生能源以及对环境负责的可持续农业的学习，这将导致土著青年获得高等教育和就业机会。”
The initiative also includes a 12-state发展健康食品之旅across reservation-dense areas in Indian country, touring each of the reservations in an all-electric powered semi-truck equipped with a fully operational vertical farm and solar array. Eugene Wilkie, a Native American and Co-Founder of 7 Generations, says, “By taking the farm to the People, we are assured that over an academic school-year, many Native Americans will be exposed to clean solar energy and healthy indoor vertical farming, which will improve the adoption of this initiative—a new way to honor the old ways”. There will also be a business incubator indoor vertical farm pilot that will be sited on one reservation. If successful, the pilot will be replicated on other reservations and will become a catalyst for creating many year-round jobs.
室内农场系统为处于危险的美国原住民青年和原住民社区提供了重大好处，包括使用更少的水，同时使用全年，健康，非转基因，无农药，新鲜农产品。室内农场和STEM课程还提供社会资本，社区福祉，公民参与以及更加光明的未来，“ STEM Agtech倡议激发了新一代知情的消费者，这些知情的消费者拥有教育和动手经验的领导者高等教育，工作认证和未来的职业机会，换句话说 - 希望！”7代的尤金·威尔基（Eugene Wilkie）说。
