Local And Just

Here’s the link to Dr Priscilla Settee’s April 4 presentation in Winnipeg on Indigenous Food Sovereignty.

In the Oak Lake area of Manitoba Leah Lees and Rhoda Canning spent their entire summer working with ten rural kids to develop a love of food and food skills that were otherwise becoming less valued in the community. The children each grew their own garden plots, sold produce at the market, helped neighbours with [...]

“A community is the mental and spiritual condition of knowing that the place is shared, and that the people who share the place define and limit the possibilities of each other’s lives. It is the knowledge that people have of each other, their concern for each other, their trust in each other, the freedom with [...]

This summer MAFRA was fortunate to help organize a number of food justice focused photography workshops lead by Duncan McNairnay. The idea behind the workshops were that photos can help community organizations to tell the story of their food focused projects and individuals tell the story of their experiences with food. Food Matters Manitoba will be showcasing [...]

Find out more about city raised folks Jonathan Stevens and Lydia Carpenter transitioning to an agricultural lifestyle in this video called Urban to Agriculture, put together by Jonathan Ventura.

Northern Sun is a video that explores living close to the land, living in community and being more connected to the biological systems that support us. Northern Sun is one community’s exploration of food justice and what living a just life means. Filmmaker Vanessa Lozecznik and co-director Ryan Klatt worked with Northern Sun on producing [...]