Community garden in Poplar River First Nation sows seeds for more sustainable future [Video]

A community garden program in a remote First Nation in eastern Manitoba, run by a father and son, is growing in more ways than one.

It’s helping sow the seeds of sustainability amid concerns about climate change and high food prices.

“Through my dad, I guess, seeing him garden all his life … kind of made me take an interest in it, and I got offered the job through the health centre,” said Kelly Hindmarch, who has run the program since it started eight years ago.

Every fall, people in Poplar River First Nation, about 350 kilometres north of Winnipeg, have been reaping the rewards.

The program puts fresh, locally grown produce on tables in the fly-in community at no cost.

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A community garden program in a remote First Nation in eastern Manitoba, run by a …