Akiing | Indigenous Food Sovereignty

Bring Manoomin
to Your Table

Traditional wild rice. A living relationship with land, water, and community.

Purchase wild rice and support Akiing's work for Indigenous sovereignty, environmental justice, and the protection of the waters where manoomin grows.

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From Akiing

Traditional Wild Rice

Bring the rich, earthy flavor of manoomin to your table while supporting Indigenous food sovereignty and the protection of Native lands and waters.

Half pound — $14
One pound — $24
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Your purchase supports Akiing's work for Indigenous sovereignty, environmental justice, and Native-led community development.
Canoe filled with freshly harvested wild rice in the rice beds

Featured: Kevin Strong

Manoomin

More Than Food

For Anishinaabe people, manoomin is a sacred relative, a source of nourishment, and a vital part of cultural life.

For generations, families have gathered on lakes and waterways to harvest wild rice using traditional methods.

This relationship connects food, culture, community, and the health of the land.

When you purchase wild rice from Akiing, you're helping sustain that relationship.

Your Purchase Supports

Food. Water. Culture. Sovereignty.

Protect Water

Support efforts to defend lakes, rivers, wetlands, and wild-rice habitat.

Food Sovereignty

Strengthen Indigenous food systems and Native community self-determination.

Traditional Knowledge

Support the continuation of traditional harvesting practices and cultural knowledge.

Native Economies

Invest in sustainable Native-led economic opportunities.

Community members processing harvested wild rice in a traditional roasting pan

Featured: Derek Strong and Emmanuel Anastos

Traditional Harvest

A Harvest Built on Reciprocity

Traditionally, one person guides a canoe through the rice beds while another gently bends the stalks and knocks ripe grains into the canoe.

Some rice falls back into the water, helping seed future rice beds.

The harvest reflects a relationship grounded in respect, reciprocity, and responsibility to future generations.

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Bring Manoomin to Your Table

Support Indigenous food sovereignty, protect land and water, and help sustain Native-led solutions.

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