The organic farm in Muskoday is getting some attention.
Six members of CHEP Good Food Incorporated visited the community gardens Friday in hopes of gaining more knowledge of organic and indigenous farming.
The gardens are run by the Muskoday Organic Workers Co-op, but allow different groups in the community to help out with them.
Sandy McAdam, with CHEP, said in Saskatoon they run similar community gardens.
"Everybody gardens together, weeds together and harvests together," she said referring to the one in Saskatoon.
The visit was made for the simple exchange of knowledge between CHEP and the those working in the garden, including Harvey Knight, Muskoday Organic Workers Co-op, and Florence Harper, an elder in Muskoday.
Dana Barrant, a member of CHEP, said her personal interests laid with indigenous plants, another topic the entire group demonstrated interest in.
Knight was also hoping to gain some knowledge from the visiting group.
"We hope to learn from their experience in creating community gardens."
He referred to them as mentors in that field.
"There are many things we can learn from them, like weeding and pest control."
Aside from the simple sharing of ideas, CHEP was there to help in another way. The group was helping weed the garden, something Knight said seriously needed to be done and he was grateful for the help.
"They are getting involved and helping us to accomplish our project goals."
The Muskoday gardens were only created this year and were made in the hopes of making the reserve more ecologically and economically sustainable.
Knight said they used to always farm in the area and when they did, disease was not as rampant as it is now and people seemed to live longer. He suspected it was because they did not eat food laden with toxins and everything was homemade and homegrown.
"We want to get back on healthy and nutritional diets and grow a surplus of food."
klavoie@paherald.sk.ca
Growing with a little help from friends
Growing with a little help from friends
The organic farm in Muskoday is getting some attention.
Six members of CHEP Good Food Incorporated visited the community gardens Friday in hopes of gaining more knowledge of organic and indigenous farming.
The gardens are run by the Muskoday Organic Workers Co-op, but allow different groups in the community to help out with them.
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- ProWestDevelopment
- - November 20th, 2009 at 01:48:17
What a positive story. Kudos to those involved.
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- Samantha
- - November 19th, 2009 at 15:53:32
Way to go! Love that story. I hope the other reserves take a lesson from Muskoday and follow.
It would give people on welfare something to do on the reserves.
Maybe a law that makes them do community work for so many hours instead of just arriving at the band office to collect their checks. Get them into the routine of doing something before you recieve money. Gardening is a family activity so LOOKING for a babysitter wouldn't be problem! -
- nitha
- - November 18th, 2009 at 15:57:59
I love gardening and praise the community of Muskoday...keep up the good work your doing...ikosi!
