Registration Consent Form:


Dear Indigenous Food Steward,

We are asking you to register for the Steward to Steward program, please click here for more information on the program: https://www.montana.edu/hhd/graduate/sfs/steward-to-steward/steward-to-steward.html.
We will describe this study to you and answer any of your questions. This study is being led by Dr. Roland Ebel, Montana State University, Department of Food Systems, Nutrition, and Kinesiology.
You are being asked to voluntarily register for this program by providing your contact information and background on your farm. You will not receive any financial benefits or compensation for registering for this program. The risks of registering include sharing your personal contact information. You must be 21 years or older to participate. We anticipate that your participation in this survey presents no greater risk than everyday use of the Internet. We will do our best to keep your participation in this research study confidential to the extent permitted by law; however, it is possible that other people may need to review the research records and may find out about your participation in this study. The following people/groups may check and copy records about this research: the research team, and MSU’s Institutional Review Board (a committee that reviews and approves research studies) and the Office for Research Integrity and Assurance). Your personal information will be kept confidential. The data will be used for identifying participants of the Steward to Steward exchange program. We will remove or code any personal information that could identify you before files are shared with other researchers to ensure that, by current scientific standards and known methods, no one will be able to identify you from the information we share. Your confidentiality will be kept to the degree permitted by the technology being used. We cannot guarantee against interception of data sent via the internet by third parties. You may withdraw from the questionnaire at any time.

The main researcher conducting this study is Dr. Roland Ebel, Montana State University.
If you have questions later, you may contact Dr. Ebel at roland.ebel@montana.edu or (406) 994-5640. Or Graduate Research Assistant, Audrey Smith: audrey.smith4@montana.edu

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your rights as a subject in this study, you may contact the MSU Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Human Participants.
Dr. Mark Quinn, Chair of the Institutional Review Board, (406) 994-4707; email: mquinn@montana.edu

By clicking on the blue arrow at the bottom right corner of the page, you are giving your consent to participate in this registration process.