We Will Plant Lodge
The Ga Gitigemi (We Will Plant) is a project to empower Indigenous women and 2SLGBTTQQIA+ people to reclaim their place as the traditional agricultural leaders in their communities by helping them repatriate land and (re)learn their ancient traditions.
Their philosophies center on decolonizing agriculture and upholding social justice and anti-racist approaches to rebuilding resilient local food and farming systems for Indigenous people and communities. By focusing on traditional Indigenous ecological knowledge and ancestral farming methods to rebuild resiliency in their soils, they seek to empower Women and Gender Diverse People to (re)claim their place as the traditional agricultural leaders in their communities by helping them (re)cover and (re)learn their ecological practices.
Financial Need
The Ga Gitigemi Gamik (We Will Plant Lodge) received a loan from the Fair Finance Fund to help support the start-up operational costs of the project. The capital will support living wages of staff members, equipment and operational costs.
Impact of the Project Over Loan Term
Economic Impact
Creation of five new jobs
One job expanded or maintained
Social/Environmental Impact
Increase well-being and job security for Indigenous women and 2SLGBTTQQIA+ people
Increase access to land, food, food literacy and traditional ecological knowledge and reclaiming traditional leadership roles in agriculture for women
Increase knowledge-sharing of plants' spiritual, ecological, biological, and chemical needs to rebuild Indigenous foodways.
