Muskeg Lake Food Forest receives provincial Heritage award
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A unique food security project at Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, has been included with this year’s list of Saskatchewan Heritage Awards.
The idea for the food forest started roughly three years ago with the planting of a number of trees and has since blossomed into something much bigger that will serve the community for years to come. Steve Wiggs, the community’s food security supervisor, told paNOW the Heritage award is a bit overwhelming but added it’s nice to be recognized from a group outside First Nations.
“We’ve had a lot of recognition from other First Nations around us, and organizations we have worked with, but this is the first time any group outside of our little group of collaborators has noticed what we are doing,” he said.
Wiggs explained the community, in partnership with Canadian Feed the Children, had a vision to do something more for food security beyond little workshops for canning and small gardens. Two-and-a-half acres of land are now being used for a mix of fruit and vegetable trees, as well as perennials, and there is some space for smaller gardens.
