Pjila’si! Welcome! Bienvenue!

Together, our community is creating a food forest at Bluenose Academy, a P-9 public school, in E’se’katik/Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. We are grateful to co-create this project with many hands and many hearts, in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq.

(Photo: Outside Bluenose Academy)

The food forest is an inclusive space for the community to learn, play, eat, and connect. It is open to the public anytime outside of school hours. Learn more about our project.

(Photo: Our Food Forest, June 2023)

Photo of the food forest at Bluenose Academy in spring 2023. Small fruit trees and shrubs and a wooden bench.
Shawn Feener standing outside beside a tree and picnic table. he holds plants and a shell that will be used in the smudge..

Ne’ata’q means “the sun is coming out” in the Mi’kmaw language. We are grateful to have permission to use this name.

(Photo: Shawn Feener guides a smudge and tobacco offering at the Food Forest, May 2023)

Our Success in 2023!

Learn more about our collaborations with the school and in the community: 2023 Annual Report.