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Local food development in the Moose Cree First Nation: taking steps to build local food sustainability

Celeste Ferreira, Janice Cindy Gaudet, Anthony Chum, Michael A. Robidoux

Food Culture & Society

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This paper explores local food initiatives in Moose Cree First Nation, a remote northern community in Ontario, Canada, focusing on a community garden project. It documents steps taken to build local food capacity and understand the challenges and opportunities the community faces in regaining autonomy over its food system. The findings are based on community-based participatory action approaches.