Learning Community
Learning Community
Everything we do is about caring for all our relations and building an intergenerational learning community around corn.
Corn is our Teacher
Corn is our teacher—connecting generations, grounding our work, and showing us patience, care, and responsibility. Our bond grows from time spent together, learning from one another, and taking care of the corn as a shared responsibility.
From the Youngest to the Oldest
Our work is intergenerational and goes both ways—we learn from elders, peers, and youth alike. Each family brings their own rhythm to caring for the corn, and the group supports one another along the way. Our mentorship program, Learning Under the Wing, helps everyone get hands-on with planting, tending, and harvesting while sharing cultural, ecological, and ceremonial knowledge. Together, we reconnect with clan systems and governance rooted in matrilineal power and Indigenous ways of being.
Extending the Rafters
Learning and sharing cornways is how we grow together.
Oneida Community
Engaging deeply with the Oneida community and helping create local and regional food systems change.
Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Sharing seeds, knowledge, and traditional agricultural practices with our Haudenosaunee relatives.
Indian Country
Connecting with Tribes and Native communities across Indian Country to strengthen food sovereignty.
Global Indigenous
Learning from and exchanging ideas with Indigenous corn cultures worldwide to inspire new and adaptive approaches.
Friends & Allies
Working alongside partners who share our commitment to food sovereignty and caring for the land, corn, and community.
“Now the youth and the families that are a part of Ohe·láku, they can eat corn everyday if they want to. And that’s not a world I grew up in.”
—Lea Zeise
