The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe is building a successful agricultural business, with their corn sold across the US and beyond.
Virgil Jones harvests corn with a large combine in the corn fields on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation near Towaoc, Colorado , on Nov. 18, 2024. The Ute Mountain Farm and Ranch Enterprise is one example of a broader trend of the growing number of Native American tribal-owned businesses. (Photo by Helen H.
Richardson/The Denver Post) UTE MOUNTAIN UTE RESERVATION, Colorado — The wind whipped dust around Latoya Laner’s face, her hand-beaded earrings swaying as she greeted a semi-truck driver on a sunny autumn afternoon. Late November meant harvest season on the reservation, and the driver offloaded yellow corn kernels, gathered from the nearby fields, into the grain silos before pulling his big rig away. “That is ours,” said Laner, a Ute Mountain Ute tribal descendant whose father is a member of the tribe. When their products hit the shelves in Colorado and beyond, “everybody who lives here, they do feel a sense of pride about it.”, a tribal enterprise established in 2017 that specializes in non-GMO products, including blue, yellow and white corn. Laner has watched its commodities sell as far away as New York and California, and she’s even fielded inquiries from abroad. Latoya Laner, the production supervisor for Bow & Arrow Brand, poses for a portrait near the grain silos on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation near Towaoc, Colorado, on Nov. 19, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post) Although the Utes’ nomadic ancestors traditionally hunted and gathered, their descendants on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation have made a name for themselves in the agriculture industry. Over the years, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe’s commercial prowess has strengthened as its ventures gain more notice. The tribe’s, its agriculture business, has racked up awards, and Bow & Arrow Brand — a separate company under the farm and ranch’s umbrella — has expanded its clientele base and partnered with kitchen favorites like
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