Communauté indigène /tribu: Chinook, Straits, Hul’qumi’num, Squamish, Sechelt, Comox, Lummi, Lushootseed, Nuu-chah-nulth, Kwakwaka’wakw, Ktunaxa, Sisika, Selish, Nez Percé et Great Basin. Plusieurs langues traditionnelles des Premières Nations avaient des mots pour nommer cette nourriture locale, mais le nom de quamash est demeuré celui que l’on utilise le plus couramment. Les bulbes de Quamash peuvent […]
Camas bulbs
Indigenous/Tribal community: Chinook, Straits, Hul’qumi’num, Squamish, Sechelt, Comox, Lummi, Lushootseed, Nuu-chah-nulth, Kwakwaka’wakw, Ktunaxa, Sisika, Selish, Nez Perce and Great Basin. Many traditional First Nations languages had words for this local food, but the Chinook names, camas or lecamas, came to be the most popularly used. Camas bulbs may come from two related species of […]
Ostrich Fern Fiddleheads
Indigenous/Tribal community: Malecite Ostrich fern fiddleheads are the new foliage of the Matteuccia struthiopteris plant. The fern is called mahsos in the language of the aboriginal Malecite people, a word meaning “good magic”. The fiddleheads are found near floodplains or riverbanks in rich, alluvial soil, or in bottomlands thickets and woods. Fiddleheads have […]
Tancook Island Sauerkraut
Tancook Island sauerkraut is produced from a cabbage cultivar that has been grown on this small Nova Scotia island for over 175 years. The smallish, tight-headed cabbage is perfect for making sauerkraut. The seeds are saved from year to year for replanting and the local cabbage fields are fertilized with seaweed harvested from the island […]
Tamworth Pig
The Tamworth pig is a golden-red coloured pig with a long head, prick ears, a straight face and snout and a long, narrow body. It is a very hardy animal, making it especially well matched to adverse climates like that of Canada where they do well even during severe winters. The first Tamworths arrived in […]
Savignac Tomato
The Savignac tomato is a medium to large sized tomato native to the Lanaudière region of Quebec. Lanaudière is situated northeast of Montreal, between the St. Lawrence River and the Laurentian Mountains. The variety is well adapted to Quebec’s cool climate and short summers. The fruits are round (8-10 cm in diameter) with a reddish […]
Saskatoon Berry
The Saskatoon berry, also known as the Serviceberry, Juneberry, and Shadbush, is a wild plant native to Western Canada. Saskatoon berries grow in Canada from the Great Plains to the British Columbia coast. The berries are especially well known and productive in the BC Southern Interior and the Alberta foothills. The name Saskatoon originates […]
Red Fife Wheat
Red Fife is a heritage landrace wheat, meaning there is genetic variability in the wheat that allows it to adapt to a diversity of growing conditions. David Fife developed the variety in 1842 and by the 1860s Red Fife was distributed and growing across Canada, adapting to a broad diversity of growing conditions. Renowned as […]
Okanagan Sockeye Salmon
Sockeye salmon is a primary food source for the Syilx, or Okanagan people. The salmon comes from the Okanagan River upstream of Osoyoos Lake, B.C. Historical fishing camps were located at McIntyre Bluff and Okanagan Falls for thousands of years. Until recently, local sockeye salmon stocks neared extinction due to habitat loss, impassable dams, over-harvest, […]
Nova Scotia Gravenstein Apple
Gravenstein apples were likely brought to Nova Scotia by Charles Prescott around 1800. At his estate, Acacia Grove, he developed extensive gardens and took a keen interest in horticulture. He brought in many fruit trees or scions from other countries to see if they would grow well in the Nova Scotian climate and the Gravenstein […]