In a classroom at Silverspring School in Saskatoon, little fingers gently clean seeds collected from native prairie plants.

The sixth graders are learning about the land, its plants and the role they play in the ecosystem.

Kastlepher-Teven Kershaw, 11, leans over a desk, gently rubbing a brittle seed head between his fingers.

“Right now I’m sorting seeds and for this one all you have to do is crumble it with your fingers and the ones that turn into dust aren’t seeds, but the harder ones are seeds,” Kershaw said.

Students are cleaning and sorting native flower seeds — Black-eyed Susans, goldenrod and more — some of which they helped collect earlier this fall at a nearby acreage.

The class is one of 26 across the province taking part in the One School One Farm Shelterbelt Project, a non

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