Producer Spotlights

In 2018, our family moved to the high arctic, to the town of Aklavik, where we lived and worked for six years. While there, we longed for fresh produce and the vitamins it contains. In an effort to improve our health, we started growing microgreens f...

Ever since a young age I have been creative and expressed myself through various forms of art. When I was 10, my grandma taught me how to sew. I remember the exact day… one morning she taught me the basics of the sewing machine and how to sew patchwo...

Mother of Pearl Studio of the Arts is nestled in the woods near Woodmore, Manitoba just off Hwy 201. It's the culmination of a dream for three professional musical and visual artists ... Heather Bishop, Debora Cardaci, and Bibiana Vidal Curell (we ho...

Do you know what a Cricut machine is? It’s quite an amazing little machine that can cut 300 types of materials, from silk to burlap, using 13 different tools. Kelcie Neufeld bought her first Cricut (pronounced “Cricket”) machine in the fall of 2020 a...

Guy and Leah Bouchard have been mixed farming near Gardenton for over 11 years. Initially they diversified their farm and began direct selling their products (pastured pork, beef, chicken, lamb) as a way to lessen risk and stabilize farm income, but ...

After her first child was born, Katie Martens picked up crocheting as a hobby and never looked back. She discovered she loved everything about yarn and creating beautiful crocheted pieces. When she and her little family made the big decision to go of...

 “We want to eat organic. That’s why we grow organic.” Ten years ago, Anita and Leo Janzen moved to the R.M. of Stuartburn. Two years later, they settled on the high side of the scenic Roseau River, south of Gardenton, where they are fortunate to hav...

I remember the day my husband and I were drywalling a house on a country property. There were mounds of sand from the site excavation and on top of one of them was a beautiful bunch of wildflowers. It wasn’t planted in a manicured garden and yet it s...

I’m excited to announce that Prairie Shore Botanicals has expanded to include a native prairie and woodland plant nursery.  When I landed the position of field technician for the Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie Preserve back in 1994, I was ecst...

Joanne Graydon lives in Woodmore with her husband Gord. They’ve lived on the farm overlooking the Jordon creek for the past 28 years. Joanne was a teacher in Vita and in Dominion City where she shared her love for the arts in her early year’s classro...

At a young age, Andrea knew she wanted to be an author. She vividly remembers her years in elementary school in Steinbach, where the love of books and writing was cultivated at an early age. Many days after school, you could find her in the...

Nature has always called to me and as a child, I spent as many hours as possible with my dog or horses all alone in the woods, listening to the trees and squirrels and birds. Since I was also very creative, it was only natural that, as soon as I coul...

In May 2014, Mark Penner and family moved to Roseau River and opened Paradise Road Bakery, just off Hwy 59. His baking career began in 2005 in Cartwright, MB where he and his wife owned and operated a bakery and restaurant. Mark has many happy childh...

Seven years ago, my apiarist friends finally convinced me to take up the hobby of beekeeping. I bought two hives and, that same year, split them into four after acquiring two more queen bees. I extracted the honey using a borrowed 2-frame extractor. ...

 Handcrafting – taking raw ingredients and transforming them into something new and useful – has always intrigued me. Knowing I have created something appreciable gives me joy. As a teen I became fascinated with the idea that lye (made from ashes) an...