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    Food sovereignty in Canada : creating just and sustainable food systems / edited by Hannah Wittman, Annette Desmarais, Nettie Wiebe.

    • Title:Food sovereignty in Canada : creating just and sustainable food systems / edited by Hannah Wittman, Annette Desmarais, Nettie Wiebe.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Wiebe, Nettie.
      Desmarais, Annette Aurelie.
      Wittman, Hannah, 1973-
      Xwi7xwa Collection
    • Published/Created:Winnipeg : Fernwood Pub., 2011.
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    • FNHL (Xwi7xwa) Subjects:Indigenous Peoples--Food--Sovereignty.
      Indigenous Peoples--Food--Government policy.
      Indigenous Peoples--Agriculture.
    • Library of Congress Subjects: Food sovereignty--Canada.
      Sustainable agriculture--Canada.
      Alternative agriculture--Canada.
    • Description:xii, 220 p. ; 23 cm.
    • Summary:"In case studies of practical action, Food Sovereignty in Canada provides an analysis of indigenous food sovereignty, orderly marketing, community gardens, the political engagement of nutritionists, experiences with urban agriculture and the strengthening of links between rural and urban communities. It also highlights policy-related challenges to building community-based agriculture and food systems that are ecologically sustainable and socially just." - publisher's website
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781552664438
      1552664430
    • Contents:Sovereignty: Grassroots Perspectives from the National Farmers Union / Interviews with Terry Boehm and Hilary Moore conducted by Naomi Beingessner
      Transforming Agriculture: Women Farmers Define a Food Sovereignty Policy for Canada / Annette Aurélie Desmarais, Carla Roppel and Diane Martz
      Food Secure Canada: Where Agriculture, Environment, Health, Food and Justice Intersect / Cathleen Keen
      Indigenous Food Sovereignty: A Model for Social Learning / Dawn Morrison
      The Limits of Farmer-Control: Food Sovereignty and Conflicts Over the Canadian Wheat Board / André Magnan
      Community Nutrition Practice and Research: Integrating a Food Sovereignty Approach / Rachel Engler-Stringer
      Growing Community: Community Gardens as a Local Practice of Food Sovereignty / Yolanda Hansen
      Food Sovereignty in the Golden Horseshoe Region of Ontario / Harriet Friedmann
      "Super, Natural": The Potential for Food Sovereignty in British Columbia / Hannah Wittman and Herb Barbolet.
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