Stephanie R. Cook, Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN) smart farm operations manager, shows off broccoli sprouts she's growing for a University of Manitoba research program, assessing the efficacy of the vegetables on health-promoting properties in rats

Researchers at the University of Manitoba are working with a northern First Nation to develop vegetables with increased nutritional characteristics that may help combat health conditions like diabetes. But they also have to convince local folks to eat them.