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Spring 2023 Learning Opportunities

The Wild Rice Project is proud to host these educational webinars in May and June!! Please Join us via Zoom with the registration links below WILD RICE AND SULFIDE MINING: Why Citizen Science Sampling for Sulfate in Minnesota Matters Date: Thursday June 8 Time: 5:30pm …

Finland Wild Rice Project: 2022 Season in Photos

Although 2022 may not have been the rebound season that area wild rice harvesters were hoping for after two tough previous years, it was at least an exciting second year for the Finland Wild Rice Project…filled with learning and growth as the harvesting mentorship and …

The Finland Wild Rice House is Seeking Helpers/Paid Apprentices for the 2022 Season!

The wild rice season is here and the processing facility is hiring

The Finland Wild Rice House and The finland food chain are pairing up to offer Week-long paid helper/processing apprentice positions at the wild rice house throughout the month of september.

With this position, we are hoping to provide much needed extra hands for Blake (the Lead Processor) with running the parcher and other processing tasks through the busiest times, while at the SAME TIME, facilitating the transfer of knowledge of this endangered skill, and generating local interest/involvement in the possible futures of this project and its goal of maintaining this vital service in the community.

For these reasons, the preference is to find four or five helpers who can commit to one week each (give or take) from the Finland Area or the local arrowhead region of MN, however…all applicants are welcome and encouraged to apply.

Pay will be $17/Hour

Job Duties will include (but not limited to):

Chopping Firewood/Stoking and Tending the Fire for the Parchers
Repeated Lifting/Moving of 40lb Loads
Running Industrial Small Grains Processing Machinery
8 Hour shifts in the Shop with Occasional Longer Days

Fill Out the form below to apply

or email meghan@friendsoffinland.org

Treaty Rights Presentation

Have you wondered what treaty rights are and why they matter for everyone in the Arrowhead Region? This program from the 1854 Treaty Authority will provide historical context, cultural awareness, information about tribal sovereignty and usufructuary rights, as well as opportunities for Q+A. The program …

Reflection on the Wild Rice Project’s 2021

Grand Opening Event at the Wild Rice Processing Facility in Finland, Minnesota 2021 began with a plan… With the Wild Rice Project obtaining a large sum of grant funding at the beginning of the year, it was time for action. Spring 2021 was one of …

January 26th Webinar Event: Manoomin/Wild Rice: Biology, Conservation, and Monitoring

Manoomin/Wild Rice:
Biology, Conservation and Monitoring
Webinar Event

Date: Wednesday January 26th, 2022

Time: 5:30-6:30 PM CST

Join us in learning important aspects of manoomin biology, current conservation efforts and how it is monitored! Featuring 1854 Treaty Authority Resource Management Division Director, Darren Vogt, we will look at ways in which harvesters like us can help in the wild rice monitoring and protection efforts happening around the state. This event continues our projects’ goal of distributing a series of educational modules related to the historical, health, cultural, environmental and economic benefits of wild rice in local food systems and the ecology, harvesting and processing of wild rice. We know that now, more than ever, our effort to protect the ecosystem of manoomin is needed! So let’s get to work!

DARREN VOGT

1854 Treaty Authority Resource Management Division Director

October 2021 Webinar Event: Virtual Cooking Class

Wild Rice stuffed squash virtual cooking class with dan cahill-mathews Date: Thursday October 28th, 2021 Time: 5:30-6:30 PM CST Join us in a “cook-a-long” event where we learn how to prepare an amazing wild rice stuffed squash meal! Leader of the class, Dan Cahill-Mathews, co-owns …

August 2021 Webinar Event: Nutrition of Manoomin/ Wild Rice Zoominar Event with Dr. Emily Onello