From Community Gardens to Hybrid Hydroponics: The evolution of northern greenhouses and Arctic gardening
The past and current connections between indigenous peoples and global food production is complicated and multi-dimensional. Agro-ecology and sustainability, as strategies to alleviate global food production problems and, in this case, food insecurity, are consistent with indigenous communities’ tra...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/16561 2023-05-15T14:47:07+02:00 From Community Gardens to Hybrid Hydroponics: The evolution of northern greenhouses and Arctic gardening Sipola, Saara Marjatta 2019-06-03 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/16561 eng eng UiT Norges arktiske universitet UiT The Arctic University of Norway https://hdl.handle.net/10037/16561 openAccess Copyright 2019 The Author(s) Food security Food sovereignty Nunavik Arctic gardening Northern greenhouses VDP::Social science: 200::Urbanism and physical planning: 230::Spatial territorial planning: 238 VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Urbanisme og fysisk planlegging: 230::Romlig territoriell planlegging: 238 IND-3901 Master thesis Mastergradsoppgave 2019 ftunivtroemsoe 2021-06-25T17:56:54Z The past and current connections between indigenous peoples and global food production is complicated and multi-dimensional. Agro-ecology and sustainability, as strategies to alleviate global food production problems and, in this case, food insecurity, are consistent with indigenous communities’ traditional food harvesting practices. Historically, their sustainable food systems and culinary traditions have embodied the very essence of sustainability, millennia before it became “invented” by the mainstream societies (Oskal et al. 2018; Egede, 1998). In this context, Northern greenhouse development and Arctic gardening emerge as viable solutions toward addressing food insecurity, retaining food sovereignty, and creating opportunities for development. The aim of my thesis is to illustrate the importance of local food systems for indigenous peoples, and the efforts undertaken so far, to address food security and regional development in the North. My work looks at the intersection of food security and development through an examination of the evolution of Arctic gardening in the Arctic, with a focus on Nunavik, one of the four regions of Inuit Nunangat in Canada. More specifically, I look to the community of Kuujjuaq, located in Nunavik. Using secondary, published data, and primary source data, including interviews and participant observation, I address the following research questions in this thesis: What impacts can be identified from the development of community gardens and greenhouses in the North and how can gardening contribute to increased food security? Master Thesis Arctic inuit Kuujjuaq Nunavik University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Canada Kuujjuaq ENVELOPE(-68.398,-68.398,58.100,58.100) Nunavik |
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Food security Food sovereignty Nunavik Arctic gardening Northern greenhouses VDP::Social science: 200::Urbanism and physical planning: 230::Spatial territorial planning: 238 VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Urbanisme og fysisk planlegging: 230::Romlig territoriell planlegging: 238 IND-3901 |
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Food security Food sovereignty Nunavik Arctic gardening Northern greenhouses VDP::Social science: 200::Urbanism and physical planning: 230::Spatial territorial planning: 238 VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Urbanisme og fysisk planlegging: 230::Romlig territoriell planlegging: 238 IND-3901 Sipola, Saara Marjatta From Community Gardens to Hybrid Hydroponics: The evolution of northern greenhouses and Arctic gardening |
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Food security Food sovereignty Nunavik Arctic gardening Northern greenhouses VDP::Social science: 200::Urbanism and physical planning: 230::Spatial territorial planning: 238 VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Urbanisme og fysisk planlegging: 230::Romlig territoriell planlegging: 238 IND-3901 |
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The past and current connections between indigenous peoples and global food production is complicated and multi-dimensional. Agro-ecology and sustainability, as strategies to alleviate global food production problems and, in this case, food insecurity, are consistent with indigenous communities’ traditional food harvesting practices. Historically, their sustainable food systems and culinary traditions have embodied the very essence of sustainability, millennia before it became “invented” by the mainstream societies (Oskal et al. 2018; Egede, 1998). In this context, Northern greenhouse development and Arctic gardening emerge as viable solutions toward addressing food insecurity, retaining food sovereignty, and creating opportunities for development. The aim of my thesis is to illustrate the importance of local food systems for indigenous peoples, and the efforts undertaken so far, to address food security and regional development in the North. My work looks at the intersection of food security and development through an examination of the evolution of Arctic gardening in the Arctic, with a focus on Nunavik, one of the four regions of Inuit Nunangat in Canada. More specifically, I look to the community of Kuujjuaq, located in Nunavik. Using secondary, published data, and primary source data, including interviews and participant observation, I address the following research questions in this thesis: What impacts can be identified from the development of community gardens and greenhouses in the North and how can gardening contribute to increased food security? |
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Sipola, Saara Marjatta |
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Sipola, Saara Marjatta |
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Sipola, Saara Marjatta |
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From Community Gardens to Hybrid Hydroponics: The evolution of northern greenhouses and Arctic gardening |
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From Community Gardens to Hybrid Hydroponics: The evolution of northern greenhouses and Arctic gardening |
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From Community Gardens to Hybrid Hydroponics: The evolution of northern greenhouses and Arctic gardening |
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From Community Gardens to Hybrid Hydroponics: The evolution of northern greenhouses and Arctic gardening |
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From Community Gardens to Hybrid Hydroponics: The evolution of northern greenhouses and Arctic gardening |
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from community gardens to hybrid hydroponics: the evolution of northern greenhouses and arctic gardening |
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UiT Norges arktiske universitet |
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2019 |
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/16561 |
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ENVELOPE(-68.398,-68.398,58.100,58.100) |
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Arctic Canada Kuujjuaq Nunavik |
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Arctic Canada Kuujjuaq Nunavik |
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Arctic inuit Kuujjuaq Nunavik |
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Arctic inuit Kuujjuaq Nunavik |
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