In 2023, CEER Services spearheaded several projects, including assisting a non-profit organization on the Pine Ridge Reservation in securing a large grant for general operating support from the Growing Justice Fund for Equitable Good Food Procurement. This funding aims to foster the growth and development of a 12-month Greenhouse Food Security Project, contributing to establishing local food and regional value chains. We also secured critical funding for a life-saving firewood bank, ensuring the distribution of wood to families on the reservation.
We also designed an earth-bermed, climate-hardened polyculture greenhouse system that incorporated geothermal heating and cooling and rainwater collection for irrigation. The project established a demonstration site showing how these technologies could be operated as a viable, community-based food system under changing weather conditions.