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Tocabe: The Native-Owned Indigenous Food Company Rebuilding Native Food Systems<\/h1>\n

Tocabe is a Native-owned Indigenous food company rebuilding Native food systems. Founded by Ben Jacobs, a member of the Osage Nation, and Matt Chandra, Tocabe connects Native farmers, ranchers, and fisheries to the people eating the meal. That work runs across four connected lines of business: a restaurant, an online marketplace, prepared meals and food service, and Food is Medicine programs. The belief underneath all of it is simple. A better source makes better ingredients, better ingredients make better health, and better health builds a better world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Native communities continue to face some of the highest rates of food insecurity and diet-related illness in the United States, the result of generations of disrupted food systems and limited access to healthy, culturally meaningful foods. Tocabe works to change that by making nutrient-dense Indigenous foods easier to reach, and by keeping more food dollars circulating back to Native producers.<\/p>\n

What Tocabe Does<\/h2>\n

People usually see the farmer at one end of the food system and the meal at the other. Tocabe builds the part in between, where food actually reaches people. We buy from Native producers, develop products and meals, manage storage and logistics, and build relationships with diners, shoppers, retailers, health systems, and community organizations. In practice, that shows up as:<\/p>\n