Arts Incubator and Land Lab News

Saskatoon Berries: Waiting on the Wild Side Watching the slow emergence of Saskatoon berry buds brings a welcome sign of life this May.

Saskatoon Berries: Waiting on the Wild Side

Art Borups Corners May 16, 2026

Saskatoon berry bushes are running nearly a week behind, but buds are finally beginning to open.

Early Food for the Bees Watching the fuzzy grey buds turn into bright yellow catkins signals the true start of spring. These yellow pussy willow blooms offer critical nutrition to local pollinators when food sources are scarce.

Watching the fuzzy grey buds turn into bright yellow catkins signals the true start of spring. These yellow pussy willow blooms offer critical nutrition to local pollinators when food sources are scarce.

Early Food for the Bees

Art Borups Corners May 15, 2026

Blooming pussy willow catkins provide a vital source of early-season pollen for emerging native bees.

CANADA DAY 2026 in Melgund Township Northwestern Ontario

Join Us! Volunteer for Canada Day 2026 in Melgund Township!

Art Borups Corners May 13, 2026

Experience the magic of Northwestern Ontario this July with live music, local crafts, and incredible community spirit.

Little Sprouts, Big Ambitions Vibrant red flowers will soon decorate our land while thousands of other seeds finish their winter nap.

Little Sprouts, Big Ambitions

Art Borups Corners May 12, 2026

Our Milkweed To Market Journey Begins with Blood Flower Milkweed

The Raspberry Snooze Colder temperatures mean our raspberry canes are still sleeping, putting us a bit behind last year's schedule. This photo is from May 11, last year.

Colder temperatures mean our raspberry canes are still sleeping, putting us a bit behind last year's schedule. This photo is from May 11, last year.

The Raspberry Snooze

Art Borups Corners May 11, 2026

This spring is much colder than last year, causing our raspberry bushes to remain stubbornly in dormancy.

Nuclear Waste: A Case for Assessment Integrity Melgund Township Hosts Nuclear Waste Dump information Sessions

Nuclear Waste: A Case for Assessment Integrity

Art Borups Corners May 10, 2026

Baseline studies must not render local people invisible when they form the foundation for long-term project consequences.

Data Vacuum and Regulatory Gaps Threaten Canadian Organic Sector Canada's organic agriculture sector has been plunged into regulatory uncertainty following the official closure of the Canadian General Standards Board on April 1, 2026. Industry representatives testifying before the federal agriculture committee revealed that the dissolution leaves critical organic and GMO standards entirely unfunded, threatening international trade equivalency agreements.

Canada's organic agriculture sector has been plunged into regulatory uncertainty following the official closure of the Canadian General Standards Board on April 1, 2026. Industry representatives testifying before the federal agriculture committee revealed that the dissolution leaves critical organic and GMO standards entirely unfunded, threatening international trade equivalency agreements.

Data Vacuum and Regulatory Gaps Threaten Canadian Organic Sector

Art Borups Corners May 10, 2026

Canada's multi-million-dollar organic export market faces a regulatory cliff. Discover why industry leaders are pleading for urgent...

Redesigning Broken Safety Nets for Agriculture Canada allocates less than one percent of public spending to agriculture compared to the international G7 standard.

Canada allocates less than one percent of public spending to agriculture compared to the international G7 standard.

Redesigning Broken Safety Nets for Agriculture

Jamie Bell May 9, 2026

Canadian environmental compliance regulations backfire by adding heavy administrative burdens that actively drive down agricultural program enrollment...

AFTER LEAH: Grief, Art and the Courage To Continue A northwestern Ontario arts and speaker series event focused on grief, memory, and healing, featuring artist Leanne Nicholson. This session explores how loss reshapes the body, work, and identity, and how art becomes a practice of holding experience that cannot be fully expressed in language.

A northwestern Ontario arts and speaker series event focused on grief, memory, and healing, featuring artist Leanne Nicholson. This session explores how loss reshapes the body, work, and identity, and how art becomes a practice of holding experience that cannot be fully expressed in language.

AFTER LEAH: Grief, Art and the Courage To Continue

Art Borups Corners May 8, 2026

June Speaker Series With Local Artist Leanne Nicholson June’s artist speaker series session features a reflection on...

UK Nuclear Waste Services Joins Local Dialogue in Melgund Residents at Dyment Recreation Hall compared British disposal facility progress with Canada’s own deep geological repository program.