Agroecology in the North: Centering Indigenous food sovereignty and land stewardship in agriculture “frontiers”

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dc.contributor.authorPrice, Mindy Jewell
dc.contributor.authorLatta, Alex
dc.contributor.authorSpring, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorTemmer, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorJohnston, Carla
dc.contributor.authorChicot, Lloyd
dc.contributor.authorJumbo, Jessica
dc.contributor.authorLeishman, Margaret
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-13T06:08:53Z
dc.date.available2023-10-13T06:08:53Z
dc.date.issued2022-04-07
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dc.description.abstractWarming temperatures in the circumpolar north have led to new discussions around climate-driven frontiers for agriculture. In this paper, we situate northern food systems in Canada within the corporate food regime and settler colonialism, and contend that an expansion of the conventional, industrial agriculture paradigm into the Canadian North would have significant socio-cultural and ecological consequences. We propose agroecology as an alternative framework uniquely accordant with northern contexts. In particular, we suggest that there are elements of agroecology that are already being practiced in northern Indigenous communities as part of traditional hunter-gatherer food systems. We present a framework for agroecology in the North and discuss its components of environmental stewardship, economies, knowledge, social dimensions and governance using examples from the Dehcho region, Northwest Territories, Canada. Finally, we discuss several challenges and cautions in creating policy around agroecology in the North and encourage community-based research in developing and testing this framework moving forward.
dc.description.sponsorshipAcknowledgements: The authors would like to thank the members of Ka’a’gee Tu First Nation and Sambaa K’e First Nation for their ongoing support, involvement and guidance in this research including the Northern Agriculture Futures project and workshops on their Dehcho K’éhodi Strategy. We would also like to thank Amanda Di Battista for creating the figures. Funding supplied by Fulbright Canada, Berkeley Center for Canadian Studies, Government of Canada Crown-Indigenous Relations, Northern Affairs Climate Change Preparedness in the North (CCPN) Program, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
dc.identifier.citationPrice, M.J., Latta, A., Spring, A. et al. Agroecology in the North: Centering Indigenous food sovereignty and land stewardship in agriculture “frontiers”. Agric Hum Values 39, 1191–1206 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-022-10312-7
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-022-10312-7
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14096/449
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Nature
dc.titleAgroecology in the North: Centering Indigenous food sovereignty and land stewardship in agriculture “frontiers”
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