Learning from the Indigenous Farming Before the Fur Trade - Audrey Logan

In this talk, “Learning from Indigenous Farming Before the Fur Trade,” Indigenous educator Audrey Logan shares stories and knowledge about the traditional foodways of Indigenous people in our region. She explains the Seven Sisters, including the well-known Three Sisters corn, beans and squash, what they provide and how to grow them in our own gardens. And she offers practical guidance for urban gardeners who want to eat healthy food year round without depending on supermarkets.

Audrey Logan is a Neheyaw (Cree) and Métis knowledge keeper and traditional food educator. Originally from northern Alberta, Audrey now lives and teaches Indigenous permaculture practices in the West Broadway area of Winnipeg. Audrey is also the founder of Dehydration Nations, a grassroots organization that promotes food dehydration knowledge and Indigenous food sovereignty. Audrey forages, grows, and preserves all the food one could need within a local urban neighbourhood.

In this talk, “Learning from Indigenous Farming Before the Fur Trade,” Audrey Logan will share stories and knowledge about the food ways of Indigenous people in our region. With reference to research done in Lockport by Dr. Leigh Syms, retired curator of archaeology at the Manitoba Museum, Audrey will explain how important crops like squash and beans were developed, planted, and harvested by First Nations long before the arrival of Europeans, and show how Indigenous gardening practices have much to teach us today.