Pt 2 | What the River Wants to Be

<p>For thousands of years, estuaries were central to Indigenous agriculture on the West Coast. Then, when colonists arrived, they diked many of these ecosystems to create western farmland. Now, Cowichan Tribes is working with a group of scientists and conservationists to restore an estuary as an ecosystem and a food system — and the project has sparked an unexpected controversy. At the heart of the debate are two questions. What does agriculture really mean? And when the waters start to rise, do we work with them, or against them?</p><p><br></p><p>This is the second and final part of this series, <em>What the River Wants to Be</em>. <a href="https://app.magellan.ai/listen_links/ak9pr5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Listen to Part One</strong></a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Guests in this podcast:</p><p><br></p><p>Tom Reid is the West Coast Conservation Manager for the Nature Trust of BC.</p><p><br></p><p>Jared Qwustenuxun Williams is a passionate traditional foods chef w...