Empowering our remote communities to have access to, and control over, healthy food based on our cultural values. By sharing our learning, connecting to Indigenous-led food networks, and involving youth in growing, harvesting and distributing food, we deepen our connection to one another and have long-lasting impacts on our health and wellness.

The farm has become a gathering place. A place where community members check-in weekly to ask questions and see what’s new. A place where youth and community come together to celebrate or grieve together, sometimes with words, other times beside one another with their hands in the soil. It is a place for purpose and pride in what is accomplished together, a place where life pathways open.

Today, we have two greenhouses on 2.5 acres of land and garden boxes in 100 yards in three communities. To ensure to the legacy of fresh fruits and berries, we’ve planted 60 raspberry bushes, 100 blueberry shrubs, 12 plum trees, 25 apple trees, and many strawberry and rhubarb plants. Since 2020, we provided 35+ seasonal jobs and in 2022, we hired 12 youth, ages 15-25 to work on the farm.

Our Nawalakw Training Program empowers our remote Indigenous communities to have access to, and control over, employment training and internships, based on local needs and our cultural values.

Through partnerships with local businesses, several Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw First Nations and Indigenous and tourism training organizations, we provide our participants with opportunities to build capacity within themselves and to participate in specialized education and industry training within our Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw territories. 

This supports our efforts to continue to remove barriers for and uplift our Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw people, to create pride in and protection of our sacred territories, and to provide the groundwork for a cultural and economic revival in the surrounding communities.