SICANGU HARVEST MARKET

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The Sicangu Harvest Market is a seasonal farmers’ market based in Mission, SD operated by the Sicangu Food Sovereignty Initiative. The market offers fresh, local produce from the Food Sovereignty Inititive’s Three Sisters Farm, as well as local meat, vegetables, bread, eggs, baked goods, indigenous ingredients, and homemade art & jewelry.

The Market launched in 2015 as the Keya Wakpala Farmers’ Market. At the time, the Sicangu Food Sovereignty Initiative was the sole vendor, selling produce from what was then known as the Keya Wakpala Community Garden, a one-acre teaching garden (now the Three Sisters Farm). The market now regularly hosts between six to fourteen vendors each week. 

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Mission Statement:

Our Mission is a reconnection of the Lakota Oyate with culturally relevant and sustainable food systems by operating a tribally supported farmers market that provides: economic outlets for farmers and producers, access to locally crafted, traditional and farm fresh products, & education and culture surrounding food and sustainable agriculture. 

  Guiding Principles

1. Prioritize and nurture the interests of local, sustainable agriculture. 

2. Provide an accessible, profitable, educational and culturally relevant venue for small‐scale businesses to produce and distribute their products locally. 

3. Present a diversity of the highest quality local vendors and handmade products in a vibrant  marketplace.  

4. Encourage environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable practices in all  organizational and vendor operations.

5. Foster interest and involvement in the organization.

6. Create an environment for our community to gather and participate in local culture and  commerce, regardless of race, gender, religion, nationality, or sexual preference. 

7. Be a resource to other agencies serving producers on the Rosebud Reservation. 

Qualifications 

Tribal members and residents of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe will be given priority market space. Applicants from RST’s surrounding counties will be granted membership if market space has not been filled by RST applicants, and also from other states on a third priority basis if space has not been requested by neighboring county applicants.  Management reserves the right to limit the number of vendors.