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Terra Madre Slow Food Festival
In October, Chef Sean Sherman was invited to the...
Indigenous Food Lab and IFL Market Updates
Indigenous Food Lab Market Update The menu for...
First Alaskans Institute Annual Statewide Elders and Youth Conference
Dana Thompson (Dakota) and Rob Kinneen (Tlingit)...
An Introduction to Responsible Foraging
This blog was written in partnership with...
Completing the Circle: Two Spirit as an Act of Decolonization and Re-Indigenization
During Pride month, we find it important to talk about the Two Spirit and LGBTQ members of our community. The contributions of Two Spirit and LGBTQ Indigenous people cannot be overstated, and their presence in our communities can not be over-appreciated. We have compiled an extensive list of Two Spirit materials, looking at how health, community, decolonization, and re-Indigenization impacts the Two Spirit and Indigiqueer community.
Seed Stratification – Maskiikii Gitigan
The winters are cold in Minnesota. In order for native seeds to survive the winter, they go dormant, and when the days start to warm in the spring and the ground thaws, they come out of their dormancy and germinate. The process of replicating this winter dormancy in order to germinate the seeds on your own is called stratification. If you are hoping to grow native plants from seed, which is the most cost efficient way to get native plants in your garden, there are a few ways to stratify them.
Lakota Food Summit
o the Lakota Food Summit in Rapid City from February 14th to the 17th. They had a wonderful time connecting with others about a love of food sovereignty!
Garden Update 9/28
While fall creeps in, garden manager Louis has...
Meet Thomas Andrade
Thomas Andrade came to visit us as a part of our...
Garden Update 9/3
As we approach the end of the growing season,...
Live Cooking Demo
On August 11th, we partnered with Accenture to...
Drying Tobacco
Tobacco is a very hardy plant that enjoys lots...
Heat Waves and Droughts
Recently it seems like there is an excessive...
Garden update 7/20
It's been a couple weeks since our last garden...
Lending a Hand
With the opening of our sister restaurant Owamni...
Where to Find Indigenous Foods and Food Products
One of the most asked questions we get either...
Garden Update 6/28
So it's been a couple of weeks since things...
Foraging, Harvesting, and Drying Nettle
Last week, the kitchen staff headed out to Battle Creek Park in St. Paul to go foraging. They carefully harvested a bunch of stinging nettle (using leather gloves of course!). Now despite the stinging hairs all along the leaves and stems and their bad reputation, there are actually many uses for nettle both edible and medicinal.
Welcome!
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Garden Update 6/1
Well, we finally have plants in the ground!...
Garden Update 5/19
This summer, we are working in partnership with...