Future Visions of Reimagined Systems
Riso printed zine, cotton bag dyed with marigold flowers or fireweed leaves (2025 season), 14 seed packs (2026) [limited to 40, within Canada only]

We are in no way going to solve the ongoing problems of food inflation and insecurity by growing food for ourselves on our own, but we need to start imagining new alternatives for moving forward. Diving into the numbers of vegetable imports and exports in Canada, this project hopes to share information and inspire some imagining. Included are seeds selected within the context of Canada’s overall vegetable imports: collectively, they represent 43.4% of all field vegetable imports and 92.1% of all greenhouse vegetable importsinto the country (2024). My hope is that planting, growing, and caring for these seeds will offer a chance to learn more about the vegetables we eat while also inspiring new ideas and ways to imagine how we might shift the situation on a collective scale. This project hopes that we can learn and practice together as a way to reimagine these systems that have a profound impact on our daily lives. 

To read more and signup to take part in the project go here.

This project was made as part of a larger research project supported by a research/creation grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. Printed by Procrastination Press in Edmonton!