Makoce Agriculture Development
Our mission is to develop Indigenous Agriculture and Food Systems designed to regenerate equitable healthy communities, economies, and our environment.
Pictured above is our Staff and Community Members
A modern organization focused on developing modern food systems
With the principles of holistic environment connection and regenerative agricultural practices. Our focus is to utilize our lands, our people, and our traditional thoughts and systems to bring ourselves to be a thriving Oglala Lakota Oyate.
Makoce's Five Initiatives
We are building a thriving and equitable local food system on Pine Ridge Reservation through a multifaceted approach rooted in our core values, history, and the opportunities and challenges of today.
The Food Systems Institute (FSI) serves as a place for food production leaders and community members to come together, fostering education, collaboration, and strategic partnerships. The Makoce Food Hub is in development to provide a space for community engagement. We want to create a space for talented chefs, cooks, teachers, and leaders to come together, share ideas, and support one another in building a collaborative, local, regenerative food system.
The Regenerative Production Farm is an educational farmland on Pine Ridge Reservation. With a regenerative design, this farm will host a rich ecosystem, with wildflowers, hemp, nuts, bees, chickens, and more. Our Hemp Production initiative is creating new opportunities for local growers by establishing processing facilities that support local farmers, enhancing the supply chain for hemp products.
Makoce created the Oceti Sakowin Food Systems Alliance (OSFSA) to create lasting change, we need to decolonize the practices that created our current systems. They are a group of community leaders, members, producers, and consumers, all working as a think tank to identify, research, and connect a regional food system.
Through these coordinated efforts, Makoce Agriculture Development is creating a sustainable future for our community and the broader region!
Makoce in the Lakota language translates to “homeland.” It’s a place of belonging and connection where community members can gather to be nurtured and nourished. And when it comes down to it, that’s what all of our work is about.