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Greg McMeekin, Hans Wiedemann and Michael Wallington are looking to take this seat from R.J. Simpson, who's held it since 2015.

Two northern companies have joined forces to turn a plot of industrial land near Enterprise, N.W.T., into a hub for food production.

Farming in the N.W.T.'s cold climate is not an easy feat, but it could be the answer to fresher and more environmentally friendly food. Commercial farmers share their experiences attempting this daunting task.

Chickens have very defined personalities, it turns out. Whenever Ray Solotki opens the shipping container-turned-coop outside Inuvik’s Community Greenhouse, one of her 22 hens will rush over and flatten itself down, eager to be picked up.  “They’re kind of like little dogs,” says Solotki, town councillor and executive director of the greenhouse. “I’m very attached to them, but I also would eat them. That’s just the reality.”  It was also the original plan for the birds. Last y...

3 Hay River food producers share $400K funding boost Riverside Growers, Greenwood Gardens and Choice North Farms will each receive between $100,000 and $200,000 under the federal Canadian Agriculture Partnership Fund. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Feb 23, 2021 4:41 PM CT | Last Updated: February 23 N.W.T. MP Michael McLeod, along with N.W.T. minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, Caroline Wawzonek announced funding of more than $400,000 to three Hay River food producers.(Avery Zin...