LINKS AND ARTICLES

Indigenous Food Initiatives in Canada Map
Data collected and mapped by Jennifer Sumner, M. Derya Tarhan, and J. J. McMurtry
View the map here

Building Sustainable Local Food Solutions: How Canadian Indigenous Communities are Using the Social and Solidarity Economy to Implement Zero Hunger 
By: Jennifer Sumner, M. Derya Tarhan, and J. J. McMurtry
Read the paper here

Using Food to Strengthen Indigenous Culture and Resist Colonization 
CBC Radio - Unreserved
View and listen here

'Indigenous Food is Health Care': symposium imagines future of hospital meals
By: Rhiannon Johnson 
CBC News
View article here

Out to Dry: An Urban Bushwoman's Guide to the Traditional Art and Science of Food Dehydration
By: Audrey Logan and Dehydration Nations
Read the Zine here

Pathways for Starting Country Foods Programs
By: Asfia Kamal
View the report here
 
Boreal Gardening Project website
A website curated by community partner, Grow North, in Leaf Rapids
http://www.borealgardening.com/

Hydroponics for food security in the north
By: Elvira Truglia
McConnell Guest Blog
July 2017
Read the article on Hydroponics

Reconciliation in Philanthropy: Learning By Doing
By: Itoah Scott-Enns
The Philanthropist
May 2017 
​Read the article on the Philanthropist 

A New Chapter for Food Sovereignty
By: Rowen White
Indian Country Today 
May 2017 
Read the article on Food Sovereignty 

Food Politics: Finding a place for country food in Canada’s Northern Food Policy ​
By: Eleanor Stephenson & George Wenzel​
Northern Public Affairs
March 2017 
Read the essay on Food (In)Security 

The Current: How solving community problems with social enterprise is changing lives
CBC Radio
November 2016
Listen to the full episode here 

Land and the Food that Grows on it
By: Tabitha Martens
Briarpatch
August 2016
Read the article on Land and the Food

NAN Food Strategy Collaborative Table - Meeting Report
By: Nishnawbe Aski Nation
July 2016
Read the report here
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Plant Factory pilot project brings fresh vegetables to The Pas
CBC News 
May 2016
​Read the article on The plant Factory Pilot Project 

Is Nutrition North Canada on Shifting Ground?
A Food Banks Canada Report
April 2016
Read the article on Nutrition in North Canada  

What Will it Take to Take to Make Real Progress On Northern Food Security
A Food Banks Canada Report 
April 2016 
Read the article on Northern Food Security 

Peguis Traditional Tobacco
By: Peguis First Nation 
February 2016
Read about Peguis Traditional Tobacco

Home-Grown Hunger
By: Janina Grabs
Guts Magazine (Canadian Feminist Magazine) 
November 2015
Read the article on Food Sovereignty in Canada's North

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Resources for Growing, Harvesting and Storing Your Own Food
Shared from the Northern Healthy Foods Initiative (NHFI) website

1. Growing Potatoes in the Home Garden  ( .pdf / 109 KB )
2. Soils and Gardening in the North  ( .pdf / 322 KB )
3. Easy Steps for Planting Fruit ( pdf / 323 KB )
4. Vegetable Plant Pics  ( .pdf / 4,736 KB )
5. Fruit Crops for Northern Manitoba ( .pdf / 1,149 KB )
6. Gardening Basics  ( .pdf / 42 KB )
7. Garden Manual for Northern Manitoba ( .pdf / 6,569 KB )
8. Managing Small Poultry Flock  ( .pdf / 364 KB )
9. The Basics of Home Canning  ( .pdf / 1,009 KB )
10. Cold Storage for Vegetables  ( .pdf / 998 KB )
11. The Basics of Freezers and Freezing Food  ( .pdf / 824 KB )
12. Starting Seeds Indoor Factsheet  ( .pdf / 495 KB )
13. 2014-2015 Manitoba Trapping Guide  ( .html )
14. Diseases You Can Get From Wildlife  ( .pdf / 4,075 KB )
15. The Food Safety Connection  ( .pdf / 2,085 KB )
16. Food Safety for First Nations Peoples of Canada  ( .pdf / 2,277 KB )