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

  • 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


2010





  • Awarded Contract from the BC Ministry of Agriculture to develop Phase Two of
    the Agroforestry Alternative Crops Forest Farming Pilot Project Implementation
    Plan.

2009







2008  


  • 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





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.




2001  

  • Began as a home based business making Christmas garlands and wreathes.
Training Services Provided by First Nations Wildcrafters
Quality Assurance Program
Whole Systems Diversification Model
Tours and Presentations