Podcasts on Indigenous

Exploring Ethnobiology IV (The Immaterial Components of Food Sovereignty / Comparing 17th/18th Century Cereal Grain Productivity Among Iroquois and Europeans)

Exploring Ethnobiology is a new series Deconstructing Dinner has been airing since June. Through a scientific lens, ethnobiology examines the relationships between humans and their surrounding plants, animals and ecosystems. With more and more people becoming interested in developing closer relationships with our surroundings (our food, the earth), there’s much we can all learn from…

Exploring Ethnobiology III / Investigating Eggs Update

Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) (Winnipeg, MB) – The CFIA is the arm of Health Canada in charge of safeguarding food, animals and plants. Links to Explore International Society of Ethnobiology Society of Ethnobiology Additional Reading Tending the meadows of the sea: Traditional Kwakwaka’wakw harvesting of Ts’áts’ayem (Cullis-Suzuki) T’aanuu Telegram – A Newsletter about Eelgrass…

Exploring Ethnobiology II: Nancy Turner

In May 2010, Deconstructing Dinner travelled to Vancouver Island where two international conferences on ethnobiology were being hosted. Ethnobiology examines the relationships between humans and their surrounding plants, animals and ecosystems. Today, more and more people are expressing an interest to develop closer relationships with the earth. This leaves much to be learned from the…

Reclaiming Our Food

The BC Food Systems Network was formed to work with groups around the province to eliminate hunger and create sustainable food systems for all residents. The Network encourages initiatives to reclaim local ownership of community food systems and develop food self-reliance by sharing information, skills, and resources. Between September 14-17, the Network gathered for its seventh consecutive…