FIRST NATIONS WILDCRAFTERS, BC specializing in cultural resources and other value added forest products and services |
First Nations Wildcrafters, BC provides a wide range of professional services to meet
our clients' dynamic and unique specific needs.
Our consultation services are a great benefit when a client is in need of "up to speed"
competency that is able to be readily implemented for strategic success. Our
strengths include bringing to the table the ability to work with meeting the unique
innovation needs of our clients when cookie cutter or status quo approaches are not
meeting their needs. Our strengths also include the ability to work with multiple stake
holders in complex situations.
Our operational capacity and experience provides us the ability to work on short or
term specific needs of clients, such as proposal writing, conference planning,
business plan development, and culturally appropriate project management.
We design and deliver training and workshop support specific to meeting the needs of
our clients. We do not deliver "out of the box" solutions as each community and client
is unique. We respect the unique needs of our clients and as such we are able to
provide relevant content that can be readily utilized and implemented for short term
and long term strategic innovation outcomes and benefits.
Key Business Benchmarks
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2001
our clients' dynamic and unique specific needs.
Our consultation services are a great benefit when a client is in need of "up to speed"
competency that is able to be readily implemented for strategic success. Our
strengths include bringing to the table the ability to work with meeting the unique
innovation needs of our clients when cookie cutter or status quo approaches are not
meeting their needs. Our strengths also include the ability to work with multiple stake
holders in complex situations.
Our operational capacity and experience provides us the ability to work on short or
term specific needs of clients, such as proposal writing, conference planning,
business plan development, and culturally appropriate project management.
We design and deliver training and workshop support specific to meeting the needs of
our clients. We do not deliver "out of the box" solutions as each community and client
is unique. We respect the unique needs of our clients and as such we are able to
provide relevant content that can be readily utilized and implemented for short term
and long term strategic innovation outcomes and benefits.
Key Business Benchmarks
2011
- Received 2011 Best Environmental and Sustainable Business of the Year
Award from the Nuu-chah-nulth Economic Development Corporation
- Received 2011 Agri-food Business of the Year Award from the Mid-Island
Science, Technology and Innovation Council
- Project Manager on Phase Three of Alternate Crops Forest Farming Pilot
Project on behalf of Nuu-chah-nulth Economic Development Corporation and
the Sustainable Agriculture Branch of the BC Ministry of Agriculture
- Awarded Phase Three and Four contracts from the BC Minister of Agriculture
to develop and deliver BC Supplemental Training for Good Agricultural and
Collection Practices
- Became member of West Island Woodlands Advisory Group for Island
Timberlands
- Co-hosted Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations Forestry Forum with the Nuu-chah-
nulth Tribal Council and the First Nations Forestry Council.
2010
- Became member of the West Island Woodlands Advisory Group of Western
Forest Products.
- Became Executive Committee voting member of the BC Agroforestry
Management Committee of the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC.
- Received Trainer certification to deliver Canadian Herb, Spice and Natural
Health Product Coalition Good Agricultural and Collection Practices
- Awarded Contract from the BC Ministry of Agriculture Sustainable Agriculture
Branch to develop Phase Two of the BC Good Agricultural and Collection
Practices Supplemental Training Materials and delivered three training
sessions in British Columbia.
- Awarded Contract from the BC Ministry of Agriculture to develop Phase Two of
the Agroforestry Alternative Crops Forest Farming Pilot Project Implementation
Plan.
2009
- Project Manager for British Columbia First Nations Forestry Council on Non
Timber Forest Resources Position Paper to British Columbia Forestry Round
table.
- Project Manager for BC First Nations Forestry Council three year Non Timber
Forest Resources and Products implementation strategy work plan.
- Selected by the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands Sustainable Agriculture
Branch for a case study of integrating traditional practices based on the Whole
Systems Diversification Model with Good Agricultural and Collection Practices.
- Nominated for Mid-island Science Technology and Innovation Council Value
Added Business of the Year Award.
- Whole Systems Diversification Model was chosen by the BC Ministry of
Agriculture and Lands Sustainable Agriculture Branch for Special Crops and
Phase One Agroforestry Pilot Project Framework Development common-
elements needs assessment.
- Chosen by the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands Sustainable Agriculture
Branch to identify and develop Phase One of the GACP HACCP based training
materials and training tools for the wild foods industry sector in British Columbia.
2008
- Became the first Wild Foods Business in British Columbia to fully implement
HACCP based Good Agricultural and Collection Practices developed by the
Canadian Herb, Spice and Natural Health Products Coalition (CHSNC).
- Expanded to Thrifty Foods retail stores, organic food distributors and
convention center chefs with wild harvested foods
- Project Manager for developing Non Timber Forest Product Post Harvesting
Training Program for the Ministry of Forests and Range Aboriginal Affairs
Branch.
2007
- Received Nuu-chah-nulth Economic Development Corporation's "Cultural
Business of the Year" Award
- Represented Tseshaht First Nation on contract with BC Ministry of Forests and
Range Pilot Project with Forests and Range Evaluation Program Cultural
Heritage Resources Process Indicator Work Group
- Project Manager for developing Christmas Greenery Bough Predictive
Ecosystem Modeling Pilot Project Framework for Ministry of Forests and Range
Aboriginal Affairs Branch
2006
- The business expanded into a non timber forest product buying station
operation.
2005
- Received Tseshaht First Nations Band Council Resolution supporting
establishment of business on the Tseshaht Indian Reserve in November 2005.
- Received start up funding from the Nuu-chah-nulth Economic Development
Corporation (NEDC) in December 2005.
- Developed and Implemented Whole Systems Diversification Model.
2001
- Began as a home based business making Christmas garlands and wreathes.
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