Farm & Food Care Tour Saskatoon 2023

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Nicola Lawson is the Owner and Catering Manager of PickNic’s Catering and Fine Foods.

As Red-Seal Journeyman Pastry Chef, she travelled the world working at many establishments in the food industry, until she settled in Saskatoon. She began PickNic’s Catering in 2003 and set her heart to building a business that reflected her passion for creating and serving the very best culinary products and services in the city!   She is involved in many facets of the community, both in business and on a personal level, with her involvement in such organizations as WESK, NSBA, The Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce,   BarterPay, Trusted Saskatoon, the CFIB and many smaller community groups in her neighbourhood.  A mother of two young girls, she has a passion for building a strong future for them through exposure to travel and language, diverse extra-curricular activities and multicultural events. She herself is a world-traveller, and regularly sets off for what she likes to call “Culinary Adventures” to exotic locales, where she gains much education and inspiration for her busy business. 

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Along with other family members, Shawn Colborn manages a fifth-generation family farm at Delisle, Saskatchewan, which oversees over 8,000 acres of grainland, a 450-head Red Angus/Charolais cow-calf operation, and a 45,000-layer poultry operation. He serves on the Board of Directors for both the Saskatchewan Egg Producers and Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan. Shawn is also a formidable ball player and coach and has been active in the Delisle Crops for Community project to raise funds for community initiatives. Find out more on the Colborn Farms website.

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Wanuskewin Heritage Park is a global centre of excellence in fostering education and respect for the land-based on expressions of Indigenous culture, heritage and arts.

Over six thousand years ago, Wanuskewin echoed with the thundering hooves of bison and the voices of Indigenous peoples from across the Northern Plains; the land still echoes with these stories that Wanuskewin is proud to share with the people. The nomadic tribes who travelled through the Northern Plains gathered on this site of natural beauty where today visitors can relive the stories of a people who came here to hunt bison, gather food and herbs and escape the winter winds. Walking in their footsteps, you will understand why this site was a place of worship and celebration, of renewal with the natural world and of deep spirituality, and is still this way today.

The story of Wanuskewin is just beginning to be uncovered. Some archaeological dig sites date back thousands of years making them older than the Egyptian pyramids; these sites provide clues to the daily existence of the early peoples. Tipi rings, stone cairns, pottery fragments, plant seeds, projectile points, eggshell fragments and animal bones all give evidence of active thriving societies. While some sites teach us about life thousands of years ago other sites like the ancient Medicine Wheel still remain shrouded in mystery.

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Star Egg Company Ltd. is a Saskatoon-based business that specializes in the grading, distribution and marketing of shell eggs. Owned and operated by the Harman family of Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Star Egg’s state-of-the-art facility ensures that the eggs they produce are safe and oh-so-nutritious. We will visit this processing plant in the heart of the prairies to learn how Grade A eggs get from the farm to the grocery store.

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Baba’s Homestyle Perogies in Saskatoon features Canada’s only drive-through perogy outlet. Baba’s has been making hand-pinched perogies, cabbage rolls and homemade beet borscht for over 30 years.

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Odd Couple is owned and operated by Andy Yuen, his wife Rachel and their family. Since immigrating to Saskatchewan from Hong Kong in 1996, the Yuen family has been closely tied to the Chinese Canadian restaurant business in several communities in the province. Odd Couple was born out of the desire to recreate Canadian-Asian favourites in a fun, thoughtful expression of the union between East and West. With ingredients and cooking techniques inspired by Cantonese, Vietnamese and Japanese cuisines, Odd Couple adds a unique Asian influence to popular Canadian dishes. Think maple-glazed bacon and a farm-fresh egg atop a heaping plate of Chinese BBQ pork and jasmine fried rice. 

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Head up the Broadway bridge to Broadway avenue where you will find plenty of coffee shops & restaurants – (Broadway Roastery, Broadway Cafe, Calories, Una) as well as unique shopping spots (Hats and That, The Better Good, SK Craft Council). You could also walk up the Victoria Traffic bridge and then over to Broady way avenue.

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Just West of the hotel is the Riversdale area with several interesting shops (Hardpressed – SK Clothing), as well as restaurants (Odd Couple, Drift, Picaro’s, Hollows) a Juicery (Thrive Juice Co) and a local Brewer (9 Mile Brewing). 

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Just 2 blocks from the hotel at 201 1st Ave S. Including a Shopper’s Drug Mart and The Bay!

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Right out the front door of the hotel there are walking, biking, hiking and running trails.