Farmers, foodies and First Nations: getting to food sovereignty in Canada

Nutrient Concentrations of Bush Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Cultivated in Subarctic Soils Managed with Intercropping and Willow (Salix spp.) Agroforestry

“…Baseline information regarding soil characteristics, agrometerology, and natural vegetation are required to determine management practices that will improve agriculture production under ambient conditions in a given subarctic community [8]. Although there is detailed information on the nutrient availability from naturalized North American subarctic soils [11], knowledge is in an open field, bean below-ground biomass was significantly lower when intercropped with potato opposed to being a sole crop.…”

“…One strategy to improve food security in isolated regions is to cultivate local foods under ambient conditions to reduce dependencies on expensive foods flown into communities [4][5][6]. However, this food production strategy has challenges in the Canadian subarctic-and other subarctic regions of the world-as the subarctic climate has historically been deemed a limitation for agriculture [4,[7][8][9]. As warming global climate trends continue, and various technologies and techniques advance, these cooler regions have the potential to provide fresh produce for local communities [6,9,10].…”

Planning for food sovereignty in Canada? A comparative case study of two rural communities

“…Drafted in response to the US Food Safety Modernization Act, these so-called Food Sovereignty ordinances attempt to allow food producers and processors to sell their goods directly to consumers without state or federal oversight, thereby exempting them from state licensing and inspection laws, while pitting towns against state governments (Moretto, 2013;Wilce, 2011). community dynamics in Canada. Notable exceptions include: the work of Desmarais and Wittman (2014), who researched how groups of farmers, food activists, and Indigenous peoples use the food sovereignty discourse in Canada and identified that the shared goal of this wide range of actors is "to reclaim a public voice in shaping the food system" (p. 17); and Food Sovereignty in Canada: Creating Just and Sustainable Food Systems, edited by Desmarais, Wiebe, and Wittman (2011), a compilation of case studies examining a variety of grassroots initiatives through the food sovereignty analytical framework.…”

“…What differentiates the two is that the food sovereignty language more explicitly places social justice considerations at the centre of food system change, names the political and economic power relations inherent in the global food system, and takes a political stance in the current debate concerning the advantages, shortcomings, and future of the contemporary global food system. The goal of food sovereignty is also to reclaim a public voice and more local control in shaping the food system (Desmarais & Wittman, 2014;Wittman et al, 2010), a process that also may be informed or supported by the framework offered by food sovereignty planning.…”

Exploring Foodie Segmentation

“…Specifically, food can be "regarded as an intrinsic part of the development of regional identity" (Everett & Aitchison, 2008, p. 156), and can imbue a region with sense of place for both a resident and a tourist (Amsden & McEntee, 2011). Further, issues of food justice (Bradley & Galt), food sovereignty (Desmarais & Wittman, 2014), and corporate responsibility (Gendzheva, 2014) are no longer the domains of a minority of activists.…”