Community Freezers Supporting Food Security: Perspectives from Residents of Nain, Nunatsiavut

• Main Author: Organ, Jennifer Florence
• Other Authors: School of Resource & Environmental Studies, Master of Environmental Studies, Dr. Gita Ljubicic, Dr. Karen Beazley, Dr. Heather Castleden and Dr. Chris Furgal, Received, Yes, No
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Food security; Inuit; wild foods; community freezers; Nunatsiavut; Canada; Nain; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/15850

Changing environments are challenging access to wild foods; resources, which are valued by Inuit for health benefits, often surpass that of available market foods. Community freezer initiatives are gaining popularity as one option to help support wild food access, and thus food security, in northern...