When the 2018 Farm Bill, the Agriculture Act of 2018 (Pub. L. No. 115-334), was signed into law on December 20, 2018, it cemented 63 new provisions across 11 of the 12 titles aimed specifically at supporting food, agriculture, infrastructure, research and education for Tribal governments and Tribal food producers. While this marks a strong acknowledgement of Tribal sovereignty, parity and inclusion in programs at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the impetus for this effort came from a strong movements in food and agriculture in Indian Country, and a newly formed Native Farm Bill Coalition (NFBC) and represents the first time that Tribes came together to speak with one voice on the importance of the Farm Bill to Indian Country.

The NFBC was established in October 2017 by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC), the Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC), the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative at the University of Arkansas (IFAI) as the research partner. It counts over 170 Tribal governments as members with 78 individual Tribes passing resolutions of support, 15 national and regional Tribal organizations/entities, and several ally organizations, including MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger and the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. However, the Coalition's beginning started in early 2017 with the writing of a report.