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LEARN2 Indigenous Food Sovereignty in Canada
When I started to research food security in Canada, I was immediately attracted to the issue of Indigenous Food Sovereignty.
Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty report, or check out the Urban Aboriginal Community Kitchen Garden Project (I have also posted this video on EVOKE).
Since the time of colonization, Indigenous communities have witnessed a drastic decline in the health and integrity of Indigenous cultures, ecosystems, social structures and knowledge systems which are integral
to our ability to respond to our own needs for adequate amounts of
healthy Indigenous foods. Indigenous food sovereignty provides a
restorative framework for health and community development and
reconciling past social and environmental injustices in an approach that
people of all cultures can relate to. “Food will be what brings the
people together”. Secwepemc Elder, Jones Ignace.
The movement is guided by four principles.to our ability to respond to our own needs for adequate amounts of
healthy Indigenous foods. Indigenous food sovereignty provides a
restorative framework for health and community development and
reconciling past social and environmental injustices in an approach that
people of all cultures can relate to. “Food will be what brings the
people together”. Secwepemc Elder, Jones Ignace.
- Sacred or divine sovereignty – Food is a gift from the Creator; in this respect the right to food is sacred and cannot be constrained or recalled by colonial laws, policies and institutions. Indigenous food
sovereignty is fundamentally achieved by upholding our sacred
responsibility to nurture healthy, interdependent relationships with the
land, plants and animals that provide us with our food. - Participatory – IFS is fundamentally based on “action”, or the day to day practice of maintaining cultural harvesting strategies. To maintain Indigenous food sovereignty as a living reality for both
present and future generations, continued participation in cultural
harvesting strategies at all of the individual, family, community and
regional levels is key. - Self-determination- The ability to respond to our own needs for healthy, culturally adapted Indigenous foods. The ability to make decisions over the amount and quality of food we hunt, fish, gather,
grow and eat. Freedom from dependence on grocery stores or corporately
controlled food production, distribution and consumption in
industrialized economies. - Policy - IFS attempts to reconcile Indigenous food and cultural values with colonial laws and policies and mainstream economic activities. IFS thereby provides a restorative framework for policy
reform in forestry, fisheries, rangeland, environmental conservation,
health, agriculture, and rural and community development.
Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty report, or check out the Urban Aboriginal Community Kitchen Garden Project (I have also posted this video on EVOKE).
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Comment by Matt Gareau on March 27, 2010 at 8:06pm
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Thanks for the info, some interesting ideas.
My only comment is that you did not really stress why is it important that we do this practice instead of the ones we are using now.
Thanks
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I tried to give you some power points, but for some reason it is not letting me
I will try again later
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Comment by Shakwei Mbindyo on March 27, 2010 at 8:39pm
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+1LI. The issue of indigenous foods is important. I have shared a little bit about how indigenous Kenyan vegetables are fast disappearing from the local markets in my post Traditional Beer.
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