Sustainable Northern Food Production & Security
Recognizing the provincial interest of a sustainable and dynamic agricultural sector, and the need for access to healthy and affordable food, northern communities have embraced and advocated for local and sustainable northern food production opportunities. Sustainable northern food production ranges from:
Sustainable northern food production not only addresses local food security but also provides local employment opportunities. Multi-sector collaboration will be integral in managing the social and economic aspects of sustainable northern food production and food security in northern Saskatchewan.
- Fish processing plants in Île-à-la Crosse, Buffalo Narrows, and Wollaston Lake.
- Innovative greenhouse projects like the modular farm in La Loche and the successful Market Garden in Île-à-la Crosse.
- Non-timber forest resources such as, blueberries, mushrooms, wild rice and other healthy forest products that are used locally or turned into value-added products (for example, Boreal Heartland Herbal Products based in Air Ronge).
- Hunting, fishing and trapping.
Sustainable northern food production not only addresses local food security but also provides local employment opportunities. Multi-sector collaboration will be integral in managing the social and economic aspects of sustainable northern food production and food security in northern Saskatchewan.
Resources
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Sustainable Northern Food Production Initiatives
- Île-à-la Crosse Fish Plant Inc.
- Northern Wild Fishery (Wollaston Lake, including a retail outlet in Prince Albert)
- J. Waite Fisheries Inc. (Buffalo Narrows)
- Boreal Heartland Herbal Products (Air Ronge)
- La Loche modular farm
- La Loche Community Greenhouse (at Friendship Centre)
- Sakitawak Market Garden (Île-à-la Crosse)
- Beauval grow tunnels
- Buffalo Narrows Community Garden
- Riese's Canadian Lake Wild Rice (La Ronge)
- Northern Lights Foods (La Ronge)
- Against the Grain WIld Rice (La Ronge)
- "Market gardens in northern Sask. growing prosperity from 'sand'"(CBC article)
- Statements of Provincial Interest (Agriculture and Value Added Agribusiness)
Sustainable Northern Food Security Research & Background
- Saskatchewan Food Security Initiatives Inventory (Food Security Canada)
- Food Security in the North (University of Saskatchewan, College of Agriculture and Bioresources)
- Aboriginal Food Security in Northern Canada (Council of Canadian Academies (CCA))
- The Cost of Healthy Eating in Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Food Costing Task Group
- Guidelines for Establishing a Northern Greenhouse Project (International Centre for Northern Governance and Development)
- "Caribou Migration Creates Food Security Concerns" (La Ronge Now)
- Saskatchewan Poverty Reduction Strategy
- Northern Healthy Communities Partnership