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Home / Food Security and Innovation

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—fueled by the creativity of the arts. In 2025 the program expanded to work with Northwestern Ontario, Minnesota and Nunavut.

Reclaiming Food Sovereignty with 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 delicate yellow flowers of dill, promising fresh flavour. Photo: Jamie Bell
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Dill’s Freshness

Fresh Dill, a fragrant herb, adds a bright, distinctive flavour to Manitoba and Ontario kitchens.
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It's that time of summer! We're starting to see the blueberries ripe enough for picking. Photo: Jamie Bell
Food Security and Innovation

Blueberry Bounty

Northwestern Ontario Blueberries deliver exceptional flavor, a cornerstone of northern summer food traditions.
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A close look at Dwarf Red Raspberries, a focus of our art and storytelling project on native plants.
Food Security and Innovation

The Low-Growing Delights

Dwarf Red Raspberries: part of our project documenting Ontario's native plants and stories.
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Northwestern Ontario blueberries, just starting to turn. Soon they'll be perfectly ripe for picking!
Food Security and Innovation

Wild Blueberry Watch

The Promise of Blue: Northwestern Ontario's Berry Season Look at these little guys! You can just see them, nestled among the green leaves in Northwestern…
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Nature's candy: Saskatoon berries are almost here! We're tracking their progress with one of our arts projects this year.
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Saskatoon Season Beckons

Saskatoon berries are plumping up. Discover this versatile Canadian fruit, perfect for picking.
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Delicate dill plants are thriving in the Living Lab's community garden, a returning favorite from last year's pilot program.
Food Security and Innovation

Dill: A Taste of Memory

Living Lab's dill thrives, a flavorful memory from our pilot program. Our community garden blends sustainable agriculture, storytelling, and plant documentation.
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Vibrant purple chive blossoms in full bloom at the Living Lab, offering a beautiful subject for photography and adding to the richness of the community garden.
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Chives in Full Glory

Living Lab chives bloom, offering vibrant photography subjects. Our arts-integrated project highlights sustainable herbs and nature connections.
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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.
Food Security and Innovation

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.
Food Security and Innovation

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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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.
Food Security and Innovation

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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Jukebox In Exile is the new country music album from Flin Flon singer-songwriter C.C. Trubiak, blending classic country, honky-tonk, Americana and traditional storytelling into a collection of songs inspired by resilience, community and life in Northern Manitoba. Written during and after the 2025 Flin Flon wildfire evacuation, the album draws influence from country music legends including Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings and George Jones. Featuring the singles "Old Country Songs," "Being Rich" and the charting track "Outlaws Meditation," Jukebox In Exile showcases Trubiak's signature songwriting while celebrating small-town life, northern Canadian culture, queer country music and the enduring spirit of Flin Flon. The album is available now on major music streaming platforms.
Manitoba's own C.C. Trubiak's new album "Jukebox in Exile" dropped on June 5! Check it out today!

Upcoming Events

The Under $200 Art Show is coming to Calgary October 15-18. Art of all kinds- paintings, photography, textiles, mixed media, ceramics, handmade accessories, and so much more! Don’t miss your chance to discover amazing local art and one-of-a-kind finds!
The Under $200 Art Show is coming to Calgary October 15-18. Art of all kinds- paintings, photography, textiles, mixed media, ceramics, handmade accessories, and so much more! Don’t miss your chance to discover amazing local art and one-of-a-kind finds!

WINNIPEG ARTS PROGRAMS

This platform, our Winnipeg, Manitoba hub and programs have been made possible with support from the Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program. We gratefully acknowledge their funding and support in making the work we do possible.

Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Arts Incubator was seeded and piloted with strategic arts innovation funding from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse. We thank them for their investment, supporting northern arts capacity building and bringing the arts to life.

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NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO ARTS

This platform, our Northwestern Ontario hub and programs have been made possible with support from the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program. We gratefully acknowledge their funding and support in making the work we do possible.

Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
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