Submitted Photo Neil Packineau, back, Native Green Grow (NG2) Greenhouse acting director, and Ehtisham Haq, NG2 head grower, are shown in the greenhouse near Parshall. Photo by Karen LoneFight.

PARSHALL – The MHA Nation’s Native Green Grow (NG2) Greenhouse near Parshall is producing strawberries and several vegetables being purchased by tribal programs and others in the local area. Customers also are visiting the NG2 Retail Store.

“MHA Segment Offices, elders meal programs, MHA Assisted Living facilities, local daycares, local food pantries and a few other tribal programs are currently purchasing produce from NG2,” Lovell Overlie, a spokesperson for the Office of Tribal Chairman Mark Fox, said.

She said the retail store is doing quite well. She said the store has strawberries, a variety of lettuces, tomatoes, peppers, spinach and some herbs. Later this spring, she said, they will have cucumbers. The retail store opened to the public in January. It is located at 7226 39th St., Parshall, and is open weekdays from 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

Fox told members of the Minot City Council in November 2025 that Minot grocery shoppers could soon be buying produce grown in the new tribal greenhouse, based on the tribe’s marketing vision, according to the Nov. 4 edition of The Minot Daily News.

Overlie said produce from NG2 is not in grocery stores yet.

The MHA Nation celebrated the grand opening of the NG2 Greenhouse Nov. 26, 2025. Ground breaking for the greenhouse was held at the site April 19, 2021.

RML Architects of Minneapolis, owned by architect Randy Lindemann, a Minot native, is the architectural firm for the project, a project that Fox got the idea for when he read a story a few years ago about The Netherlands’ innovative agricultural technology and how it feeds its country. Fox and a delegation from the tribe visited The Netherlands to learn about its innovative agricultural technology. Later, Fox, a tribal delegation and Lindemann visited Houweling’s greenhouse in Mona, Utah.

“Native Green Grow will boldly move the MHA Nation into the future. By growing our own crops, generating our own power and strengthening our economy, we ensure our future generations inherit a world that will enable them to prosper and thrive,” Fox said.

Significant points about NG2, according to MHA Nation information, include:

– Four phases of NG2 are planned. The first phase includes the greenhouse, totaling 141,377 square feet and capable of producing upwards of 2 million pounds of fresh produce per year, the on-site market and an experience center with a multi-use classroom where visitors can learn about the greenhouse and MHA Nation. The second and third phases will have two greenhouses at 134,000 square feet and an outdoor growing area. The fourth and largest greenhouse to date would span 215,000 square feet, along with a data center and dedicated commercial and retail development space. The combined four phases will have a total of more than 400,000 square feet of growing area – equivalent to more than seven football fields.

– The greenhouse redirects flared and captured gas from the tribe’s oil wells on the Fort Berthold Reservation. The reclaimed flared gas is captured for heat, carbon dioxide and electricity to power the growing operation.

– In addition to the flared gas conversion, rainwater is captured, both for an eco-friendly greenhouse. Along with local water resources, the irrigation system collects rainwater and melted snow, creating a sustainable growing system that works in harmony with the environment instead of against it.

– Community members will be able to visit the on-site market to purchase locally grown fruits and vegetables year-round.

– The greenhouse and market will provide full-time employment to MHA Nation tribal members.

-When completed, the greenhouse will be one of the largest greenhouse projects in the world and a landmark of innovation in Indigenous food sovereignty.