The Potential Use of Agroforestry Community Gardens as a Sustainable Import-Substitution Strategy for Enhancing Food Security in Subarctic Ontario, Canada

• Published in: Sustainability
• Main Authors: Maren Oelbermann, Leonard J.S. Tsuji, Nicole F. Spiegelaar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2013
• Subjects: subarctic First Nations; climate change; food security; adaptation; agroforestry; import substitution; sustainability; demo; envir; Canada; Fort Albany; First Nations; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/su5094057; https://doaj.org/article/522768c74ffc45e9be8ca172bcd97267

The high prevalence of food insecurity experienced by northern First Nations partially results from dependence on an expensive import-based food system that typically lacks nutritional quality and further displaces traditional food systems. In the present study, the feasibility of import substitutio...