Canadian Food Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, January 2019, pp. 140-154
Description
Discusses results of project undertaken to map and inventory community gardens and greenhouses in Labrador, Nunavik, Nunavut, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories.
Makes general and specific recommendations about the Federal program, as well as broader issues related to health, nutritional status and household food insecurity of people living in isolated northern communities.
Makes recommendations under four themes: traditional foods, local food production, Federal subsidy and support programs, and project funding coordination and promotion.
Abstracts and selected papers. Topics were grouped in four areas: global food policy and food safety issues; food production and economic development; food production and sustainable practices; and global perspectives in advancing food security in the Circumpolar world.