“Growing” a sustainable community: Health, food, and development at the Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation

How can a First Nation community become sustainable and not be primarily reliant on government financing and services? Economic development is one major tool towards this sustainability. The small community of Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation (AOK), located on Manitoulin Island, has the opportunity...

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Main Author: Altiman, Irene
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Waterloo 2017
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Online Access:https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/pced/article/view/3856
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spelling ftuniwaterlooojs:oai:canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/oai:article/3856 2023-05-15T16:15:50+02:00 “Growing” a sustainable community: Health, food, and development at the Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation Altiman, Irene 2017-02-06 application/pdf https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/pced/article/view/3856 eng eng University of Waterloo https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/pced/article/view/3856/4811 https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/pced/article/view/3856 Copyright (c) 2017 Papers in Canadian Economic Development Papers in Canadian Economic Development; Vol. 16; 23-28 0833-1871 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2017 ftuniwaterlooojs 2022-05-09T15:37:05Z How can a First Nation community become sustainable and not be primarily reliant on government financing and services? Economic development is one major tool towards this sustainability. The small community of Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation (AOK), located on Manitoulin Island, has the opportunity to become the top producer and supplier of organic produce in Northern Ontario. This paper explores local CSA, food cooperative, greenhouse, and aquaponics operations as means to reach this goal.Keywords: First Nations, sustainability, agriculture, food, healthy communities Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Waterloo Library Journal Publishing Service (University of Waterloo, Canada) Omni ENVELOPE(144.232,144.232,59.863,59.863)
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description How can a First Nation community become sustainable and not be primarily reliant on government financing and services? Economic development is one major tool towards this sustainability. The small community of Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation (AOK), located on Manitoulin Island, has the opportunity to become the top producer and supplier of organic produce in Northern Ontario. This paper explores local CSA, food cooperative, greenhouse, and aquaponics operations as means to reach this goal.Keywords: First Nations, sustainability, agriculture, food, healthy communities
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