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

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

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...

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Main Authors: Maren Oelbermann, Leonard J.S. Tsuji, Nicole F. Spiegelaar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-09-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
subarctic First Nations
climate change
food security
adaptation
agroforestry
import substitution
sustainability
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/5/9/4057

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http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/5/9/4057

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