In 2006, almost a decade before General Mills acquired Epic, social entrepreneurs Mark Tilsen and Karlene Hunter started making the Tanka Bar, the first commercial meat and fruit bison bar ...

When Mark Tilsen first tried to sell his Tanka Bar — a blend of buffalo meat and fruit — he was often shunned. “I’d go into a buyer or call a buyer, sometimes it would take 15 or 20 times ...

The old Lakota name is wasna, a mixture of meat, dried fruit and a little fat made to nourish travelers. Others called it pemmican. Now, the traditional Native food has become the Tanka Bar, with ...

Featured in ‘The New York Times’ and on Live with Regis and Kelly, Tanka Bars were previously available to Kimberton and Mount Lebanon consumers online and through a toll-free number.

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Tanka Bar, the first brand to make a meat-based bar, took its inspiration from a traditional Lakota bison-cranberry mixture called wasna. "A lot of Native American tribes use high-acid fruit to ...

An energy bar produced by an Indigenous company is taking the U.S. natural food market by storm, and will soon hit shelves here in Canada. Tanka bars combine buffalo meat and dried fruit — a ...

The highly competitive vote shows Tanka Bar consistently appearing in the top three as readers from around the country vote for their favorite brands. Tanka burst onto the scene in 2007 when they ...

Tanka and Niman Ranch Partner to Assist in the Economic Revitalization on Pine Ridge Operational and sales support to create jobs and investment in Native people, land and animals Download ...

Editor’s note: This tour of small businesses across the country highlights the imagination, diversity, and resilience of American enterprise. When Karlene Hunter and Mark Tilsen debuted Tanka ...