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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.

Tender leaf lettuce seedlings, among the first to be planted this year, thrive in our grow-beds – a promising start to our community sustainable agriculture and food security program!
Recreation

The Joys of Fresh Lettuce

As part of our community recreation, sustainable agriculture and food security program, one of the very first plants to go into our grow-beds this year…
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This bright yellow flower is from a giant pumpkin—the first one ever grown in our food security and sustainable agriculture program.

Big Dreams, Big Pumpkins

This bright yellow flower might not look like much yet, but it’s the start of something huge—literally.
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Lush green rhubarb leaves unfurl, reaching for the sun as the plant grows taller in anticipation of harvest.
Recreation

Rhubarb’s Spring Ascent

As spring takes hold, rhubarb makes its impressive ascent. Vibrant green leaves unfurl, reaching skyward, hinting at the delicious treats to come.
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These early white blossoms belong to the Saskatoon bush (Amelanchier alnifolia), one of the boreal forest’s most generous and resilient plants. For generations, Saskatoon berries have nourished communities, supported pollinators, and thrived in northern climates. This year, we're proud to be adding Saskatoon bushes to our food production project—deepening our connection to the land, strengthening local food systems, and honouring traditional knowledge through action.
Community Garden

Saskatoon Berry Blossoms Signal Spring Across Northern Forests

Across northwestern Ontario and Manitoba forests this May, delicate white blossoms are beginning to emerge on a native plant with deep roots in the cultural…
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Hello, spring! Overwintered raspberry shoots are bursting with life, a beautiful sign of success in our Northwestern Ontario sustainable agriculture pilot. Building local food production and supporting Indigenous food systems with partners.

Tips for Growing Raspberries in a Community Garden Program

Exciting growth in our community garden! Phase 2 of our sustainable agriculture project in Northwestern Ontario.
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Year two of our arts incubator land lab's food security program is in full swing! We've grown dozens of beautiful apple pippins from seed since February, excited to expand our sustainable agriculture project. But moving them outdoors brought an unexpected challenge: environmental shock! Seeing those dried, stressed leaves was a learning moment. We're now focused on helping them recover through careful "hardening off" – gradually reintroducing them to the outdoor environment. This means starting in a sheltered spot, slowly increasing their exposure to sun and wind, and ensuring consistent, proper watering.
Recreation

Sustainable Apple Care: Tips for Young Trees & Environmental Stress

Expanding our food security program, our land lab moved dozens of indoor-grown apple pippins outdoors. We faced unexpected environmental shock, leading to dried leaves.
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In the crisp air of Northwestern Ontario, a blueberry bush unfurls its delicate beauty. These blossoms signal the start of a new season, a time when the landscape will be painted with the vibrant blue of ripening blueberries, a testament to the enduring beauty and natural abundance of this northern wilderness.

Wild Blueberries: Tiny Berries, Big Impact

In the woodlands of Northwestern Ontario, low bush blueberry plants are beginning to flower—marking the start of a season both eagerly anticipated and deeply rooted…
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Tiny blossoms and essential visitors! Our strawberry plants in the grow boxes are blooming, and we're keeping an eye out for all the beneficial insects that help turn these flowers into delicious berries. Every bloom brings us closer to a sweet harvest!

How to Keep Everbearing Strawberries Producing All Season Long

Witness the thriving strawberry patch in our raised garden beds, a key part of our sustainable agriculture initiative! These healthy plants are vigorously growing, contributing…
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White blossoms are appearing in our grow boxes, marking an exciting milestone! Our strawberries are starting to bloom, bringing us closer to a delicious harvest and reinforcing our commitment to local food security and sustainable agriculture.

Strawberry Blooms Signal Sweet Success in Community Grow Boxes!

White blossoms are appearing in our grow boxes, marking an exciting milestone! Our strawberries are starting to bloom, bringing us closer to a delicious harvest…
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Nurturing growth in our community grow boxes. Inspired by successful projects, we're expanding our capacity for sustainable local food production this year!

Expanding Our Sustainable Grow Box Project for Abundant Harvests!

Our community's grow boxes are in phenomenal shape, marking another exciting year for sustainable agriculture and local food production!
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The Under $100 Art Show is coming to Winnipeg, Manitoba August 13-16, 2026!
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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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