Local Indigenous non-profit tackles food insecurity in northern Manitoba Indigenous communities

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Local Indigenous non-profit tackles food insecurity in northern Manitoba Indigenous communities

Remote areas in northern Manitoba experience a constant struggle to acquire the bare necessities needed to survive. It wasn’t always like this though, explains Executive Director of Food Matters Manitoba (FMM), Demian Lawrenchuk. “For thousands of years our people thrived,” he says. Northern communities were at the centre of bountiful resources. “We had everything that we needed,” Lawrenchuk says. “My grandma, when she grew up, the only thing sh…