Sovereignty Speaks #21
Agriculture and Food Sovereignty
Dr. Janie Simms Hipp, J.D. LL.M.
Founding Director of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative at the University of Arkansas
Dr. Janie Simms Hipp, J.D., LL.M. (Chickasaw) is Founding Director of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative at the University of Arkansas.
She is an enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation.
Prior to launching the Initiative, she served in the Obama Administration as the Senior Advisor for Tribal Relations to Secretary Tom Vilsack, and prior to her appointment within the Office of the Secretary she served in the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, as the National Program Leader for Farm Financial Management, Risk Management Education, Trade Adjustment Assistance, and the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program. She also served at USDA Risk Management Agency as the Risk Management Education Director.
Prior to her work in Washington, D.C., at the national level, she has had a long career in the field of agriculture and food law.