Article
Geography
Julia M. L. Laforge, Bryan Dale, Charles Z. Levkoe, Faris Ahmed
Summary: Agroecology and food sovereignty have made progress in the Global South, but face challenges in the Global North. Insights from a summit in Canada suggest the need to address governance, build solidarity networks, and prioritize Indigenous food sovereignty for agroecology advancement.
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
(2021)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Dele Raheem, Anu Holopainen, Jana Koegst, Maija Tulimaa, Moaadh Benkherouf
Summary: This paper explores the interrelated factors that can sustainably support the food system in the Nordic-Arctic region, emphasizing the need for better understanding of the associated challenges and exploring the impacts of food tourism to ensure future sustainability.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Silja Zimmermann, Brian J. Dermody, Bert Theunissen, Martin J. Wassen, Lauren M. Divine, Veronica M. Padula, Henrik von Wehrden, Ine Dorresteijn
Summary: Arctic food systems are facing challenges like climate change, food security loss, and destabilization of Indigenous practices. Despite growing scientific knowledge, Indigenous communities still struggle with sustainability challenges. A systematic review of 526 articles was conducted to understand the existing knowledge on Arctic Indigenous food systems. The study identified gaps and proposed directions for future research to enable sustainability transformations.
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Andrew Papworth, Mark Maslin, Samuel Randalls
Summary: Food Sovereignty is a developing and contested concept within food security debates. This article analyzes the foodways of the Rama indigenous group in Nicaragua to illustrate two tensions within the Food Sovereignty literature. The study finds that the Rama source their food in diverse ways, with engagement in the market economy being critical for their food security. There is also conflict over resources between the Rama and encroaching Pacific Nicaraguans. These findings highlight the need for further development in Food Sovereignty to address such challenges.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Justin Farrell, Paul Berne Burow, Kathryn McConnell, Jude Bayham, Kyle Whyte, Gal Koss
Summary: The research findings indicate a near-total reduction in Indigenous land density and spread, with Indigenous peoples being forced to land more vulnerable to climate change risks and hazards. The impact of agricultural suitability and federal land proximity on Indigenous movements, management, and traditional uses varies, highlighting significant policy implications related to heightened climate vulnerability and extensive land reduction.
Article
Fisheries
Robert Arthur, Daniel J. Skerritt, Anna Schuhbauer, Naazia Ebrahim, Richard M. Friend, U. Rashid Sumaila
Summary: The potential of fish in food systems to address malnutrition needs to be better realized, with governance challenges in complex, contested food systems needing to be addressed for equitable access to fish and benefits. Small-scale fishers and poor people face unequal struggles in securing access to fisheries, highlighting the importance of engaging with this struggle to enable positive contributions to food systems while meeting global sustainable development objectives.
FISH AND FISHERIES
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Mindy Jewell Price, Alex Latta, Andrew Spring, Jennifer Temmer, Carla Johnston, Lloyd Chicot, Jessica Jumbo, Margaret Leishman
Summary: This paper discusses the climate-driven frontiers for agriculture in the circumpolar north and argues that expanding the conventional industrial agriculture paradigm into Canada's northern region would have significant socio-cultural and ecological consequences. The authors propose agroecology as an alternative framework that aligns with the unique northern contexts, and they present a framework for agroecology and discuss its components using examples from the Dehcho region in Northwest Territories, Canada. The paper also highlights the challenges and cautions in implementing agroecology policy in the North and calls for community-based research in developing and testing this framework.
AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES
(2022)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
A. Malli, H. Monteith, E. C. Hiscock, E. V. Smith, K. Fairman, T. Galloway, A. Mashford-Pringle
Summary: This study provides an overview of the disconnection between Indigenous populations in Canada and the US and their food systems. It highlights the importance of Indigenous food sovereignty and the need for reconnecting Indigenous knowledge and values systems with future food systems.
Article
Political Science
Zoe Staines, Kiah Smith
Summary: Food security and food sovereignty are influenced by various factors and policy settings, particularly for Indigenous Australians where connections to land and water are crucial. Social policies in Australia continue to disrupt these connections, and a lack of coordination across food and social policies creates complex, negative impacts. However, sovereignty is central to improving the wellbeing and outcomes of Indigenous Australians across food and work.
CRITICAL POLICY STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Rosanne Blanchet, Malek Batal, Louise Johnson-Down, Suzanne Johnson, Noreen Willows
Summary: The study found that engaging with the initiative to re-establish Okanagan Sockeye salmon population had a positive impact on the well-being and cultural connectedness of Syilx adults, highlighting the importance of Indigenous food sovereignty for First Nations in Canada.
Review
Food Science & Technology
Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, Tara L. Maudrie, Cassandra Jean Nikolaus, Tia Benally, Selisha Johnson, Travis Teague, Melena Mayes, Tvli Jacob, Tori Taniguchi
Summary: Food insecurity, particularly prevalent in Indigenous communities due to historical factors, is a global health concern. Many Indigenous communities are striving to improve health by pursuing food sovereignty.
FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ingrid Arotoma-Rojas, Lea Berrang-Ford, Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo, James D. Ford, Paul Cooke
Summary: Biodiversity and ecosystem conservation in the Amazon are crucial for climate-change mitigation, but their relationship with Indigenous peoples is complex. Meaningful engagement and recognition of Indigenous peoples' perspectives and understanding are needed for effective adaptation strategies.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Daniela Sclavo
Summary: Political interests and power structures play a significant role in shaping state-led crop conservation and food policy. The chile crop, which is closely tied to culture and belonging, provides an ideal opportunity to explore how food security policy and crop conservation schemes can go beyond staple crops, calories, and electoral incentives. Reflecting on the implications of these schemes for the food and ingredients we love can help us develop more effective and inclusive food policies that prioritize flavor, identity, and territorial preservation.
PLANTS PEOPLE PLANET
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ashleigh Domingo, Kerry-Ann Charles, Michael Jacobs, Deborah Brooker, Rhona M. Hanning
Summary: This project in partnership with First Nations communities in southern Ontario aimed to revitalize local food systems for food security and sovereignty. Using a conversational method and community-based participatory research, the study identified community perspectives on food security and sustainability, leading to community-led action planning to support Indigenous peoples' rights and holistic wellbeing.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Review
Food Science & Technology
Sabreen Wahbeh, Foivos Anastasiadis, Balan Sundarakani, Ioannis Manikas
Summary: Food security is a global priority, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research highlights the drivers and policies that contribute to sustainable food production and addresses chronic food insecurity. The recommended policies, such as food security policies and reducing food loss and waste, play a crucial role in improving food security. The findings offer policy implications and propose additional dimensions for future assessments of global food security.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Jill K. Clark, Kristen Lowitt, Charles Z. Levkoe, Peter Andree
Summary: The paper discusses the importance of food movements playing new roles in governance, emphasizing that success is key to the power to convene and the ability to create deliberative spaces. Success is not only measured as policy outcomes, but also as a advantageous repositioning of social movement actors that enables them to participate in broader governance processes.
AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Carla Johnston, Andrew Spring
Summary: Communities in Canada's Northwest Territories are actively addressing the global climate emergency through local-level programs to maintain livelihoods and promote adaptation. In global governance, prioritizing community needs and decision-making is crucial to assist Indigenous communities in achieving their goals of adapting food systems to climate change.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Charles Z. Levkoe
Summary: Molly Anderson's 2020 Presidential Address advocates for action in response to the challenges facing global food systems, especially relevant to scholars fighting for food justice and sovereignty. The article suggests three opportunities for pushing beyond boundaries: expanding ways people engage with food systems, addressing structural concerns in governance, and prioritizing relationships with the land and its original inhabitants.
AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES
(2021)
Article
Geography, Physical
Paige Cincio, Andrew Scott Medeiros, Sonia D. Wesche, Konrad Gajewski
Summary: Anthropogenic stressors in Arctic Canada have led to challenges in water quality and quantity, particularly impacting drinking water resources for northern communities. A paleolimnological assessment in Igloolik, Nunavut revealed shifts in chironomid assemblages towards warmer and more nutrient-rich environments, indicating ongoing environmental transformations. The use of paleolimnological methods can provide insights into long-term trends and vulnerability assessments of freshwater resources in the face of climate change.
Book Review
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Peter Andree
AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES
(2021)
Editorial Material
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Andrew Spring, Erin Nelson, Irena Knezevic, Patricia Ballamingie, Alison Blay-Palmer
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Julia Gyapay, Kanelsa Noksana, Sonja Ostertag, Sonia Wesche, Brian Douglas Laird, Kelly Skinner
Summary: Collaborative approaches to health communication about food that are grounded in Indigenous knowledges and cultures are needed in Northern Indigenous communities. However, there is a lack of research on preferences and best methods for this process. This participatory study explores how Inuvialuit knowledge and the perspectives of dietary message stakeholders can inform the co-development of culture-centered dietary messaging in Tuktoyaktuk, NWT.
Review
Geography
Maria Ramirez Prieto, Alissa Sallans, Sonja Ostertag, Sonia Wesche, Tiff-Annie Kenny, Kelly Skinner
Summary: Recognizing the lack of literature on food programs in northern Indigenous communities in Canada, this study used a range of sources to map and characterize existing programs. The study also examined the inclusion of traditional food in these programs, which has implications for cultural appropriateness and food sovereignty.
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIES-GEOGRAPHIES CANADIENNES
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Charles Z. Levkoe, Peter Andree, Patricia Ballamingie, Kirsti Tasala, Amanda Wilson, Monika Korzun
Summary: Civil society organizations commonly face top-down governance imposed by governments and unfair influence from a small group of powerful private sector actors in food systems. Some CSOs are working towards establishing participatory governance structures that are more democratic, accessible, collaborative, and socially and environmentally just. Our research aims to understand the experiences of CSOs in food systems governance and critically analyze the successes, challenges, and future opportunities for establishing collaborative governance processes.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE FOOD SYSTEMS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Geography
Julia M. L. Laforge, Bryan Dale, Charles Z. Levkoe, Faris Ahmed
Summary: Agroecology and food sovereignty have made progress in the Global South, but face challenges in the Global North. Insights from a summit in Canada suggest the need to address governance, build solidarity networks, and prioritize Indigenous food sovereignty for agroecology advancement.
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
(2021)
Article
Sociology
Charles Z. Levkoe, Irena Knezevic, Donna Appavoo, Andrea Moraes, Steffanie Scott
FOOD CULTURE & SOCIETY
(2020)
Article
Area Studies
Kristen Lowitt, Charles Z. Levkoe, Connie Nelson
Article
Regional & Urban Planning
Charles Z. Levkoe, Abigail Friendly, Amrita Daniere
JOURNAL OF PLANNING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
(2020)