Grand Portage CACHE project

The Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has created the CACHE Project, which stands for “Community Agriculture through Culture, Health and Education.”

The acronym perfectly captures the efforts of the Grand Portage community as it comes together to share food from community gardens and to learn new and old ways of harvesting.

In Part 5 of the CACHE Project series, WTIP’s Rhonda Silence takes another field trip, joining the students from the Oshki Ogimaag School at the Sugarbush, or waaban.

The Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has created the CACHE Project, which stands for “Community Agriculture through Culture, Health and Education.”

WTIP’s Rhonda Silence recently took a field trip to learn more about CACHE. Here’s her report on the “Wild Edibles Tour,” led by CACHE Committee Member Rick Anderson.

The Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has created the CACHE Project, which stands for “Community Agriculture through Culture, Health and Education.”

What does CACHE mean to the elders in the community? WTIP’s Rhonda Silence finds out in this interview with Patty Winchell-Dahl, the director of the Grand Portage Elder Nutrition Program.

The Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has created the CACHE Project, which stands for “Community Agriculture through Culture, Health and Education.”
WTIP’s Rhonda Silence learns more about CACHE in this interview with the Grand Portage Agriculture Coordinator Andy Schmidt.

The Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has created the CACHE Project, which stands for “Community Agriculture through Culture, Health and Education.”

The acronym perfectly captures what the Grand Portage community is doing—coming together to share food from community gardens and to learn new and old ways of harvesting.

WTIP’s Rhonda Silence learns more about the CACHE Project in this interview with one of the CACHE committee members, Rick Anderson.

The production of this series on the Grand Portage CACHE program is supported by the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.