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Food Security and Innovation

Our Food Security & Climate Resilience Program empowers Indigenous and Northern communities through land-based, sustainable agriculture and food innovation. Originally piloted in 2024 with funding from the Manitoba Agriculture Indigenous Food Systems and Agriculture Program and the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, this initiative weaves together traditional knowledge, regenerative practices, and climate entrepreneurship—fuelled by the creativity of the arts. In 2025 the program expanded to work with Northwestern Ontario, Minnesota and Nunavut.

Reclaiming Food Sovereignty through Living Labs, Sustainable Agriculture and Creative Leadership

From local food production and preservation to the development of culturally relevant food products and community-led agri-innovation, the program strengthens food sovereignty while building skills and pathways for the next generation of land stewards, artists, and changemakers. By connecting agriculture, climate action, and artistic expression, we’re growing a resilient, just, and thriving food future—rooted in community, culture, and care.

The vibrant red of the first ripe strawberries emerges from the rich soil, marking a joyful milestone in this year's sustainable agriculture and food production program for northern Indigenous communities.
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Strawberries: From Pilot to Plenty

Sweet success! Our first strawberries are ripe and ready.
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The Land Lab's sustainable agriculture project expands this summer with the successful cultivation of traditional herbs like sage, enriching our storytelling initiative.
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Sage Thrives in Land Lab

This summer we're documenting garden and traditional plants while supporting community engagement on the land.
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These small, tightly-closed green buds nestled amongst the glossy leaves of the pepper plant are a welcome sight and a critical milestone. This is indeed the flowering stage, a clear sign that the plant is healthy, mature, and ready to begin the process of fruiting. Each of these nascent buds holds the promise of a future pepper. With continued sunlight and care, they will soon open into small, delicate flowers, which, once pollinated, will transform into the crisp, sweet green peppers destined for the table.
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Green and Red Peppers

"Our pepper plants are starting to show signs of things really kicking off, with new buds ready to become beautiful flowers."
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A vibrant, purple chive blossom bursts forth in a delicate, globe-like cluster of tiny florets, a beautiful and edible jewel in the garden. Set against a dense backdrop of their slender, emerald-green, and onion-scented stalks, this blooming stage signifies a healthy, well-established plant.
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Chives: More Than Just an Herb

These pretty purple chive blooms defy expectations. They transform gardens, flavor dishes, spark creativity, and simplify home decorating.
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May is winding down, and we're thrilled with the progress in our living lab! We set aside our usual creative tools earlier this month to focus on preparing our food security program. The sight of hundreds of strawberry flowers opening up is a truly exciting reward for all the hard work.
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May 2025 Update: Northern Blooms and Bountiful Prospects

Now in its second year, this sustainable agriculture initiative is expanding raised beds, growing diverse crops like blueberries, Saskatoons, and giant pumpkins, and building a…
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This week, we planted sage in our community garden—a small act with deep roots. Known for its medicinal, culinary, and ceremonial uses, sage has long been a symbol of wisdom and renewal.

Planting Sage

With its soft, textured leaves and earthy aroma, sage brings more than flavor—it offers resilience, tradition, and a connection to generations of herb gardening practices.…
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Dill: From soil to simmer — this hardy northern herb brings a burst of freshness to our beds and our kitchens. A quiet favourite that’s become a returning star in our growing season.
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Dill-icious

First introduced to us during our pilot Northern Food Systems Innovation Program with support from Manitoba Agriculture, dill quickly earned its place in our grow…
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Freshly harvested rhubarb, chopped and packaged into four-cup portions for freezing. A key step in our food preservation efforts, ensuring this vibrant, tart bounty can be enjoyed all year long.
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Rhubarb Rhapsody

There's nothing quite like the vibrant, tart taste of freshly harvested rhubarb – a flavour that is both sharp and sweet, with a unique tang…
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A thriving patch of chives, ready to be harvested for a variety of delicious dishes. This easy-to-grow herb is a fantastic addition to any sustainable garden.

Tasty Chives!

Just look at this vibrant patch of chives we've been nurturing!
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A bountiful harvest of fresh rhubarb stalks, showcasing their vibrant colours. This easy-to-grow plant is a star of our sustainable garden, offering delicious possibilities for both sweet and savoury dishes.

Rhubarb Adventures: A Sweet and Tart Harvest!

What an adventure we've had with rhubarb this week!
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ART BORUPS CORNERS SOCIETY

Art Borups Corners is a non-profit arts incubator based in Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario. We bring artists, youth, and local residents together through hands-on creative projects, workshops, and storytelling rooted in everyday life in the North. Our focus is on making space for people to try things, share skills, and build confidence through art that grows out of where they live.


We’re also a place for testing ideas and working across different ways of making — from land-based practice to digital work and everything in between. Much of what we do happens through partnerships and shared projects, connecting local creative work with wider conversations while keeping things grounded, practical, and community-led.


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ESTABLISHED WITH FUNDING FROM

Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse Logo

This program was seeded with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse program. This program allowed us to explore strategic arts innovation, capacity building and new technologies. Programming was also supported by the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program and the Province of Ontario. We thank them for their support.

PROGRAMMING SEEDED BY

Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
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