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Home / Manitoba Agriculture

Manitoba Agriculture

This section highlights our land-based programming and community-driven food innovation, made possible through the generous support of the Manitoba Agriculture Indigenous Food Systems and Agriculture Program. In 2023 and 2024, our pilot projects were supported by Manitoba Agriculture, the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design’s Creative Entrepreneurship and Master of Arts in Creative Leadership Programs.
Activities supported by Manitoba Agriculture
Explore stories, tools, and projects that integrate Indigenous food systems, sustainable agriculture, food product development, climate-smart farming, and creative entrepreneurship. From agri-food innovation to youth-led land stewardship and arts-based approaches to food security, this category reflects our commitment to culturally rooted, community-first food futures.

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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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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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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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.

Local Food Production Activities Flourish in Northwestern Ontario

Exciting progress in Northwestern Ontario! Our sustainable agriculture pilot project, supported by Manitoba Agriculture and Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, enters phase two. See how overwintered…
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Seedlings for a northern apple orchard are thriving as spring arrives, marking the next phase of a community-led food sovereignty project. Seeded with support from the Manitoba Agriculture Indigenous Food Systems and Agriculture program and the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, last year’s five pilot trees survived the winter. This season, 30 more apple trees will be planted—laying deep roots for a resilient, local food future.

Apple Orchard Project Blossoms in the Northwest

After a long winter and months of patient tending, a promising apple orchard project in Northern Ontario is beginning to show the fruits of its…
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This tiny raspberry plant is part of something much bigger—community food security and sustainability.

A New Season Begins with Raspberries

This raspberry shoot marks the beginning of our food production and sustainable agriculture pilot project—planted last year with support from Manitoba Agriculture Indigenous Food Systems…
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The raspberries are really starting to grow, thanks to a healthy amount of rain this month. Photo: Tony Eetak

Watching the raspberries grow

Seeing these bushes evolve reminds us that growth takes time, whether it’s in nature or in our own journeys.
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Nuclear Waste Management

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization is inviting residents and land users in the area of Canada's proposed Deep Geological Repository for used nuclear fuel to participate in a Diet and Land-Use Survey. The information collected will help inform local perspectives as the project moves through the federal regulatory process.

The survey can be completed online or through an in-person interview at the Ignace Learn More Centre. It is open until September 7, 2026, and participants will have the opportunity to enter a draw to win one of twenty C$125 gift cards redeemable at local businesses.

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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