Community Development to Feed the Family in Northern Manitoba Communities: Evaluating Food Activities based on Their Food Sovereignty, Food Security, and Sustainable Livelihood Outcomes

ABSTRACT This article explores food-related activities and their impacts on sustainable livelihood assets, food sovereignty, and food security, and provides insight for future food-related community development. Analysis is based on community food assessments conducted in 14 Northern Manitoba commun...

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Published in:Canadian journal of nonprofit and social economy research
Main Authors: Thompson, Shirley, Kamal, Asfia Gulrukh, Alam, Mohammad Ashraful, Wiebe, Jacinta
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta Libraries 2012
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spelling ftjcjnser:oai:anser.journals.sfu.ca:article/121 2023-05-15T16:17:16+02:00 Community Development to Feed the Family in Northern Manitoba Communities: Evaluating Food Activities based on Their Food Sovereignty, Food Security, and Sustainable Livelihood Outcomes Thompson, Shirley Kamal, Asfia Gulrukh Alam, Mohammad Ashraful Wiebe, Jacinta 2012-12-07 application/pdf https://anserj.ca/index.php/cjnser/article/view/121 https://doi.org/10.22230/cjnser.2012v3n2a121 eng eng University of Alberta Libraries https://anserj.ca/index.php/cjnser/article/view/121/67 https://anserj.ca/index.php/cjnser/article/view/121 doi:10.22230/cjnser.2012v3n2a121 Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research; Vol. 3 No. 2 (2012) Revue canadienne de re­cherche sur les OSBL et l'économie sociale; Vol. 3 No. 2 (2012) 1920-9355 Food-related economic development Community economic development Food sovereignty First Nations Country foods Sustainable livelihoods Food security / Développement économique alimentaire Développement économique communautaire info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2012 ftjcjnser https://doi.org/10.22230/cjnser.2012v3n2a121 2022-01-23T00:07:07Z ABSTRACT This article explores food-related activities and their impacts on sustainable livelihood assets, food sovereignty, and food security, and provides insight for future food-related community development. Analysis is based on community food assessments conducted in 14 Northern Manitoba communities and included a food security survey, price survey, and interviews. The lack of community control over development in First Nation and other Northern remote and rural communities in Northern Manitoba is found to undermine both food sovereignty and sustainable livelihoods, while creating high levels of food insecurity. According to logit models, sharing country foods increases food sovereignty and sustainable livelihoods, and has a stronger relationship to food security than either road access to retail stores in urban centres or increased competition between stores. The model predicts that rates of food insecurity for a community with a country foods program and with access to public transit and roads at 95% would be lower than the Canadian average of 92%. RÉSUMÉ Cet article explore les activités relatives à l’alimentation et leur impact sur les biens durables ainsi que sur la souveraineté et la sécurité alimentaires tout en ouvrant des perspectives sur le développement communautaire futur relatif à l’alimentation. L’analyse se fonde sur une recherche menée dans quatorze communautés du nord du Manitoba et comprend un premier sondage sur la sécurité alimentaire, un second sondage sur les prix, et des entrevues. Le manque de contrôle du développement dans les communautés reculées du nord du Manitoba, tant autochtones que non-autochtones, mine à la fois la souveraineté alimentaire et les moyens d’existence durables tout en provoquant de hauts niveaux d’insécurité alimentaire. Selon un modèle Logit, le partage d’aliments locaux permet une souveraineté alimentaire et une autonomie durable tout en ayant un meilleur impact sur la sécurité alimentaire que celui obtenu par l’accès routier aux supermarchés des centres urbains ou par une concurrence accrue entre détaillants. Le modèle indique même que les taux d’insécurité alimentaire pour une communauté rurale ayant un programme de nourriture locale et l’accès au transport en commun seraient, à 95%, inférieurs à la moyenne canadienne de 92%. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research Canadian journal of nonprofit and social economy research 3 2
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topic Food-related economic development
Community economic development
Food sovereignty
First Nations
Country foods
Sustainable livelihoods
Food security / Développement économique alimentaire
Développement économique communautaire
spellingShingle Food-related economic development
Community economic development
Food sovereignty
First Nations
Country foods
Sustainable livelihoods
Food security / Développement économique alimentaire
Développement économique communautaire
Thompson, Shirley
Kamal, Asfia Gulrukh
Alam, Mohammad Ashraful
Wiebe, Jacinta
Community Development to Feed the Family in Northern Manitoba Communities: Evaluating Food Activities based on Their Food Sovereignty, Food Security, and Sustainable Livelihood Outcomes
topic_facet Food-related economic development
Community economic development
Food sovereignty
First Nations
Country foods
Sustainable livelihoods
Food security / Développement économique alimentaire
Développement économique communautaire
description ABSTRACT This article explores food-related activities and their impacts on sustainable livelihood assets, food sovereignty, and food security, and provides insight for future food-related community development. Analysis is based on community food assessments conducted in 14 Northern Manitoba communities and included a food security survey, price survey, and interviews. The lack of community control over development in First Nation and other Northern remote and rural communities in Northern Manitoba is found to undermine both food sovereignty and sustainable livelihoods, while creating high levels of food insecurity. According to logit models, sharing country foods increases food sovereignty and sustainable livelihoods, and has a stronger relationship to food security than either road access to retail stores in urban centres or increased competition between stores. The model predicts that rates of food insecurity for a community with a country foods program and with access to public transit and roads at 95% would be lower than the Canadian average of 92%. RÉSUMÉ Cet article explore les activités relatives à l’alimentation et leur impact sur les biens durables ainsi que sur la souveraineté et la sécurité alimentaires tout en ouvrant des perspectives sur le développement communautaire futur relatif à l’alimentation. L’analyse se fonde sur une recherche menée dans quatorze communautés du nord du Manitoba et comprend un premier sondage sur la sécurité alimentaire, un second sondage sur les prix, et des entrevues. Le manque de contrôle du développement dans les communautés reculées du nord du Manitoba, tant autochtones que non-autochtones, mine à la fois la souveraineté alimentaire et les moyens d’existence durables tout en provoquant de hauts niveaux d’insécurité alimentaire. Selon un modèle Logit, le partage d’aliments locaux permet une souveraineté alimentaire et une autonomie durable tout en ayant un meilleur impact sur la sécurité alimentaire que celui obtenu par l’accès routier aux supermarchés des centres urbains ou par une concurrence accrue entre détaillants. Le modèle indique même que les taux d’insécurité alimentaire pour une communauté rurale ayant un programme de nourriture locale et l’accès au transport en commun seraient, à 95%, inférieurs à la moyenne canadienne de 92%.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Thompson, Shirley
Kamal, Asfia Gulrukh
Alam, Mohammad Ashraful
Wiebe, Jacinta
author_facet Thompson, Shirley
Kamal, Asfia Gulrukh
Alam, Mohammad Ashraful
Wiebe, Jacinta
author_sort Thompson, Shirley
title Community Development to Feed the Family in Northern Manitoba Communities: Evaluating Food Activities based on Their Food Sovereignty, Food Security, and Sustainable Livelihood Outcomes
title_short Community Development to Feed the Family in Northern Manitoba Communities: Evaluating Food Activities based on Their Food Sovereignty, Food Security, and Sustainable Livelihood Outcomes
title_full Community Development to Feed the Family in Northern Manitoba Communities: Evaluating Food Activities based on Their Food Sovereignty, Food Security, and Sustainable Livelihood Outcomes
title_fullStr Community Development to Feed the Family in Northern Manitoba Communities: Evaluating Food Activities based on Their Food Sovereignty, Food Security, and Sustainable Livelihood Outcomes
title_full_unstemmed Community Development to Feed the Family in Northern Manitoba Communities: Evaluating Food Activities based on Their Food Sovereignty, Food Security, and Sustainable Livelihood Outcomes
title_sort community development to feed the family in northern manitoba communities: evaluating food activities based on their food sovereignty, food security, and sustainable livelihood outcomes
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