Northern Grown
Lakehead University Research Showcase (Free Viewing)
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32m
A documentary about a region where where farms were carved out of the Boreal Forest. Unlike the Canadian Prairies or the Niagara region, producing food in Northwestern Ontario requires a special kind of farmer.
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