Ben Jacobs
Ben Jacobs, a member of the Osage Nation, is co-founder of Tocabe: An American Indian Eatery which opened in 2008 and Tocabe Indigenous Marketplace that launched in 2021. Tocabe Indigenous Marketplace is designed to advance the Native and Indigenous food system while supporting the development of a culturally specific supply chain. The marketplace is a multifaceted concept supporting both the Native food system while generating a cyclical economic driver for tribal communities progressing economic development.
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Native communities are the original stewards of the land and practitioners of regenerative farming and food cultivation. Yet many Indigenous producers and communities remain at risk—facing threats from climate change, loss of... see more