Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change: Producing Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) and Bush Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) for Improved Food Security and Resilience in a Canadian Subarctic First Nations Community

• Published in: Sustainability
• Main Authors: Christine D. Barbeau, Maren Oelbermann, Jim D. Karagatzides, Leonard J. S. Tsuji
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2015
• Subjects: food security; aboriginal; sustainable food production; arctic; subarctic; agroforestry; Environmental effects of industries and plants; TD194-195; Renewable energy sources; TJ807-830; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; Canada; Fort Albany; Climate change; First Nations; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/su7055664; https://doaj.org/article/62de071f56e54376b99565479809f547

Aboriginal people in Canada experience disproportionately high rates of diet-related illnesses, such as obesity and diabetes. Food insecurity has been identified as a contributing factor to these illnesses along with a loss of traditional lifestyle. Current food systems within northern subarctic and...