The Meechim Project

The Meechim Project follows the story of Garden Hill First Nation and its journey to build a self-sustaining farm for a northern Manitoba community that is only accessible via air and ice roads.
Northern communities in the provinces are often at a high risk of food insecurity - even more so than areas in the high Arctic - because of inaccessibility and a lack of subsidies. The Garden Hill farm was one project supported under the Government of Manitoba’s Northern Healthy Foods Initiative.
In the spring of 2015, Meechim Farms was launched, and under the glow of the northern lights two shipping containers full of farm equipment were sent via ice roads to this remote region of northern Manitoba.
Over the season, the community and its partners built the farm, and trained and employed youth to raise chickens, grow gardens, and develop a healthy food market that has become an important social enterprise initiative at the local level.
The film is being developed by Garden Hill First Nation, Aki Energy, Four Arrows Regional Health Authority and University of Winnipeg. This trailer showcases moments from our forthcoming feature film and demonstrates how storytelling, food and community come together to create positive change.

[@andyalksnis9775]

What a wonderful story. I wish you all the best and continuous bountiful harvests - a former farm boy.

[@JsonAKoanTECH]

beautiful to see a way of life being rekindled ...

[@GregdeJong]

Great to see this next iteration of your work.

[@awhite7596]

This is a super amazing video sent to me by a First Nation friend. I'd love to see a follow-up video as to what you've learned, what you've been able to produce, what your health benefits have been, and generally where you are now, five years later!