Sponsors : Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives ; Covering New Ground ; British Columbia Agriculture and Food ; Saskatchewan Agriculture. Sponsors : Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives ; Covering New Ground ; British Columbia Agriculture and Food ; Saskatchewan Agriculture.

Part 1. Nature. Wild plants from the boreal forest have medical and healing properties as well as uses for making crafts (20 minutes) [First Nations, Aboriginal or Native peoples, Indians] -- Part 2. Opportunity. Ordinary people discover business and economic opportunity from the forest, right in their own back yard (20 minutes) -- Part 3. Your Future. Training and marketing - a guide to sustainable harvesting and marketing what the boreal forest has to offer (14 minutes) -- Part 4. The Living Forest. A tour of the boreal forest to find wild plants and trees for health, healing and craft ideas (42 minutes) --

The concept was initiated by Brenda Gaudry who operates her business, Creative Spirit -- Utilizing Natural Resources, in Barrows, located 600 kilometers northwest of Winnipeg. "I was concerned that people were not seeing the opportunities that are right in front of them," said Gaudry. "I believe there is great potential in the non-timber forest industry to create self-employment in many northern areas if people would just open their eyes to the opportunities around them." Gaudry noted many Aboriginal people were losing the knowledge traditionally passed from generation to generation. Health and healing benefits were traditionally derived from native plants and trees commonly found in Canada's boreal forest, however, over time, much of that historical knowledge has been lost."--from www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/consumer/teachers/open.html. The concept was initiated by Brenda Gaudry who operates her business, Creative Spirit -- Utilizing Natural Resources, in Barrows, located 600 kilometers northwest of Winnipeg. "I was concerned that people were not seeing the opportunities that are right in front of them," said Gaudry. "I believe there is great potential in the non-timber forest industry to create self-employment in many northern areas if people would just open their eyes to the opportunities around them." Gaudry noted many Aboriginal people were losing the knowledge traditionally passed from generation to generation. Health and healing benefits were traditionally derived from native plants and trees commonly found in Canada's boreal forest, however, over time, much of that historical knowledge has been lost."--from www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/consumer/teachers/open.html.

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