Photo description:

RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS ENT - foraging Tamarack cones and branches Photos of Erica Lindell as she forages a small fraction of the abundance of edible and medicinal plants around her homestead and surrounding swamp Lands northeast of Winnipeg. 
Story: Part of a wider foraging story. Erica is a Metis woman who has lived off the land since she was 4yo. She runs foraging classes for adults as well as children, focusing on ID plants, edibility and medicinal qualities of plants. She and her family live off the land, awith as much as 70% of the food they consume coming from her garden or foraged from the wild. AV Kitching June 6th, 2023