About: Rez Chicks is a women-owned and Native-owned business in Pendleton, OR on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. They specialize in providing quality, fresh eggs to local businesses and their community, as well as teaching children the value of agricultural livelihood and sustainability.

Founding members, Deborah Harris, Katherine Minthorn, Rachelle “Shelley” Morrison, and Paula Wallis identified a need during stock outages at the beginning of the pandemic. Together, they prioritized raising livestock for production to solve the food availability problem and strengthen food sovereignty in their community.

As women who tell our stories, Rez Chicks exemplifies the fortitude of Native women central to agricultural food production. They are dedicated to sharing this work with future generations and are supported by their children as a family production. For strong matriarchs, the continuation of agriculture within their own Tribe and community is truly gratifying.