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.
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.

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 that brightens any dish.

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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.
This bright yellow flower is from a giant pumpkin—the first one ever grown in our food security and sustainable agriculture program.

The Unfolding Giant

A vibrant yellow bloom, tiny prelude to a giant dream. Youthful hands coax colossal growth from the earth, blending art, ancestral wisdom, and climate resilience into a living lab where food security blossoms into monumental art.

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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!
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!

Emerald Canvas

From humble seeds, emerald dreams unfurl. Each tender lettuce leaf, a silent whisper of resilience, paints a vibrant tableau of community, sustainable art, and the profound beauty of shared food in a changing world.

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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.
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.

The Wild Blue Symphony

The wild blueberry, a painter's deepest blue, embodies the north's resilient heart. Each tiny orb, a concentrated burst of flavor and ancient wisdom, defies commercial uniformity, a testament to nature's art and community's reciprocal embrace of land and sky.

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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.
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.

The Saskatoon Berry Tapestry

White blossoms unfurl, a silent chorus in the boreal breeze. Each petal whispers ancient stories of resilience, food, and community, a living art etched upon the northern canvas, honouring land and human spirit intertwined.

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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.
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.

The Apple’s Promise

From winter's hush, a verdant symphony unfolds. Each tender apple shoot, a brushstroke on the northern canvas, whispers tales of resilience, community's embrace, and the art of defiant growth against the unpredictable breath of the climate.

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Strawberries are waking up in our northern garden, part of a project building community resilience through fresh food.
Strawberries are waking up in our northern garden, part of a project building community resilience through fresh food.

Where the Soil Meets the Soul

From slumbering soil, a vibrant tide unfurls, painting the landscape with whispers of crimson. Each berry, a tiny heart, beats with stories of earth’s embrace, resilience, and the sweet defiance of community’s art against the vast, uncertain sky.

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This tiny raspberry plant is part of something much bigger—community food security and sustainability.
This tiny raspberry plant is part of something much bigger—community food security and sustainability.

Starting out with Raspberries

As the earth awakens, a tender raspberry shoot emerges, a vibrant brushstroke on the canvas of our sustainable agriculture pilot. Last year, with the generous support of the Manitoba Agriculture Indigenous Food Systems and Agriculture program, we sowed the seeds of this living art project. Now, the soil pulses with renewed life, a symphony of growth echoing through the nascent canes.

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