#FirstNations farmers are growing opportunity and better food for all

Rebecca Gao
Published July 10, 2025

Excerpt: "Despite these obstacles [from lack of funds], #TeaCreek is thriving. Since starting in 2019, the farm now employs other #IndigenousPeople, provides opportunities for apprenticeship and training and runs land-based, culturally safe and Indigenous-led learning programs for Indigenous people.

"Tea Creek has also hosted a flood of First Nations visitors, which Mr. Beaton says is particularly exciting and joyful. 'A lot of elders, their first memory is on a First Nations farm that got taken away,' he says. 'There’s huge excitement being on a First Nations farm again that hasn’t existed in a long time.'

"Mr. Beaton is just one member of a growing cohort of Indigenous farmers: in Toronto, Isaac Crosby is the community partner at the University of Toronto-Scarborough’s community farm, where he maintains the Indigenous food and medicine gardens. Crosby, who is Afro-Ojibwe, says “it’s important to learn from #IndigenousFarmers about how to take care of the Earth.' "

Read more:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/small-business/article-first-nations-farmers-are-growing-opportunity-and-better-food-for-all/

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