Lambton College's Enactus team is celebrating a second place finish at this year's national exposition.
The 10-day virtual competition recently concluded, with Lambton's Project One Circle finishing runner up to Wilfrid Laurier University.
Enactus Lambton Student President Andrea Dyck said they helped build four greenhouses at Muskoday, Muskeg Lake, and Mistawasis Nehiyawak First Nations.
"These initial projects will help them to solve their food security which is such a pressing need in these communities, and it has been extremely heightened because of COVID," said Dyck. "It's not only meeting that need, it's also meeting future goals of economic development and helping to reconnect their youth, elders, and women to the land which is such a crucial piece for them."
Dyck said three aquaponics facilities, which she's hoping will become commercial sized in the future, and two food forests are also currently under construction.
She said they're hoping to further expand the greenhouses by installing solar panels, and said they're looking at developing the program in other First Nations communities.
The national competition pitted Lambton against 60 other colleges and universities from across Canada.
Lambton captured its eighth regional Enactus championship in March, after winning the 2018 world cup.