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23042026 Dave Barnes, founding member and chair of the board for the Assiniboine Food Forest, shows members of the Brandon Friendship Centre Reconnections to OUR Culture program’s Anishinaabemowin class how the evaporator in his sugar shack works on his property bordering the AFF on a warm Thursday morning. Barnes runs the syrup operation in conjunction with the Assiniboine Food Forest. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)