The Rainbow Community Gardens in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is a community project that supports immigrant and refugee families and helps them to grow their own food. The photos and accompanying text that make up this photo essay examine the role of food and community gardens as a means of expressing cultural identity, and the possible benefits of the Gardens in terms of building community, learning new skills, and growing culturally appropriate foods that can contribute to people’s health and food security. These benefits, and the mission of the Gardens, have gained new relevance as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on gardening, food systems, and marginalized groups in Canada.

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• Lucas, L., Li, F., (2025), "Growing Food, Sharing Culture at the Rainbow Community Garden in Winnipeg, Canada", HSSCommons: (DOI: 10.15353/cfs-rcea.v7i2.439)

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1. community gardens
2. food culture
3. immigrants and refugees
4. urban agriculture

Original publication: Lucas, Laura; Li, Fabiana. "Growing Food, Sharing Culture at the Rainbow Community Garden in Winnipeg, Canada." Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation, vol. 7, no. 2, 2020, pp. 72-81. DOI: 10.15353/cfs-rcea.v7i2.439. This material has been re-published in an unmodified form on the Canadian HSS Commons with the permission of Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation. Copyright © the author(s). Work published in CFS/RCÉA prior to and including Vol. 8, No. 3 (2021) is licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY license. Work published in Vol. 8, No. 4 (2021) and after is licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY-SA license. For details, see creativecommons.org/licenses/.