The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation (MHA Nation) invites you to attend the Native Green Grow groundbreaking ceremony at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 19, 2021.
Native Green Grow (NG2) is a greenhouse project that seeks to achieve food sovereignty for tribal members. Self-contained, climate-controlled greenhouses will grow vegetable produce from heat and electricity generated by converting captured gas from oil wells that is currently being flared, as well as, utilizing electricity from our dedicated WAPA allocation.
NG2 is a food sovereignty initiative that creates environmental stewardship by reducing the amount of flared gas on Fort Berthold while creating a stable food system and economy for our nation by growing our own healthy, accessible and fresh food.
“It’s one of the keys to ensuring that we survive, to ensuring our Nation will go into the future, growing our own crops, generating our own power, maximizing our water sources, and creating products to export so that when times do get rough, we’ve got a system in place that can really survive any difficulties that might lie ahead,” Chairman Mark Fox said.
The project site will utilize a substantial portion of a 38-acre tract set aside for economic development and the final buildout and construction is set to begin this Spring. Other aspects of the project include an administration building with an educational classroom, a heating plant, and storefront sales which will include an area for a seasonal farmer’s market. The groundbreaking and blessing will be held at the project site on Highway 23, between the Healing Horse Ranch and the Parshall Intersection. A box lunch will be provided.
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For more information:
Contact: Lovell Overlie
Phone: (701) 500-6337
Email: lovelloverlie@mhanation.com