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: Barbeau, Christine D., Oelbermann, Maren, Karagatzides, Jim D., Tsuji, Leonard J. S.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Fort Albany; Climate change; First Nations; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/92287; https://doi.org/10.3390/su7055664

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...