The Food Sovereignty Lab is an interdisciplinary, collaborative effort that is student-designed and community-informed to create a cultural workspace for students to explore the theme of Indigenous Food Sovereignty at Cal Poly Humboldt. The Food Sovereignty Lab will renovate and locate in BSS 168, and sit adjacent to the Native Fourm and Goudin'i Gallery in the Behavioral and Social Sciences building. 

The Food Summit 2022 is a food justice focused event that took place during the first 3 weeks of April 2022. The primary goal of the Food Summit was to generate awareness of the BIPOC contributions and knowledge of food and discuss how the HSU community can build food resiliency and equity. The total Spring 2022 budget approved for this event is estimated to be $29,100 in addition to a $2,000 match funding given by Food Summit partner, La Comida Nos Une. $10,000 of the Food Summit Budget was allocated to the Indigenous Foods Festival, organized by the Rou Dalaguur Food Sovereignty Lab.

This idea requested funding for the second Indigenous Foods Festival (IFF) at Cal Poly Humboldt, which previously had 350 attendees. The Indigenous Foods Festival is focused on uplifting Indigenous Food Sovereignty across many regions. This inspiring event centered around the important work that folks across communities are doing to elevate Indigenous knowledges and foodways.