A project spearheaded by Wolastoqey Tribal Council will give elders and community members their own plant bags with each of the three sisters: corn, squash and beans. They hope to reconnect First Nations communities with traditional food, as part of a diabetes prevention program.
Community members used to harvest food and medicine along the transmission lines. Now they can't, says Wolastoq Grand Chief Spasaqsit Possesom (Ron Tremblay).
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