{"id":122,"date":"2023-04-09T12:53:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T16:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=122"},"modified":"2023-04-12T09:47:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T13:47:01","slug":"progressing-toward-food-sovereignty","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/chapter\/progressing-toward-food-sovereignty\/","title":{"raw":"Progressing Toward Food Sovereignty","rendered":"Progressing Toward Food Sovereignty"},"content":{"raw":"The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailybread.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DB-WhosHungryReport-2022-Digital-1.pdf\">Who\u2019s Hungry Report <\/a>(2022) calls for action to achieve Indigenous food sovereignty ensuring this population has access to traditional foods. As defined by the <a href=\"https:\/\/viacampesina.org\/en\/event\/stop-neo-liberal-policies-build-food-sovereignty\/\">International Peasants\u2019 Movement<\/a>, \"Food Sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems\" (para. 6). These grassroots efforts are often challenged by corporate interests and settlers, seen for instance in the 2020 CBC documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/cbcdocspov\/episodes\/cottagers-indians\">Cottagers &amp; Indians<\/a>, in which wild rice beds become a point of friction.\r\n\r\nThe Meno Ya Win Health Centre based in Sioux Lookout in Northwestern Ontario, has introduced a traditional diet for Indigenous patients who are healing in their facility.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lEUOlvpes2o\"><img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-5-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" class=\"wp-image-49 aligncenter\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"title\" class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\">\r\n<p class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lEUOlvpes2o\">Miichim [Documentary Short]<\/a> - YouTube (9min26sec)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAlthough this program is a long way from Toronto, other initiatives have happened in the city. Launched in 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/dashmaawaanbemaadzinjin\">Dashmaawaan Bemaadzinjin, or They Feed the People<\/a>, is an Indigenous-led effort providing access to traditional food for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Toronto. They do this by bringing meals and food baskets to Elders and people who are unhoused, as well as through initiatives like the Indigenous Food Market. These efforts improve Indigenous food sovereignty and also provide opportunities for education to both Indigenous and non-Indigeouns populations.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CUdEogoJh6r\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-5-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" class=\"wp-image-49 aligncenter\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CUdEogoJh6r\/\">Right to Food<\/a> - Hxouse<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ojibiikaan.com\/about-us\/\">Ojibiikaan<\/a> Indigenous Cultural Network is another Indigenous-led Toronto-based initiative focused on food sovereignty and preparation, through the lens of cultural education. Ongoing events are announced via their social media platforms, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Ojibiikaan\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ojibiikaan\/?hl=en\">Instagram<\/a>. Events include gardening, medicine making, and traditional cooking, as well as other cultural workshops.\r\n\r\nOther sources of Indigenous foods include restaurants like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CafePowWow\/\">Pow Wow Cafe<\/a> in Kensington Market, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanbannock.ca\/\">Tea N Bannock<\/a> in Leslieville, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nishdish.com\/\">Nish Dish<\/a>. Note that due to COVID-19, some of these locations have restricted restaurant hours, but still offer catering services.","rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailybread.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DB-WhosHungryReport-2022-Digital-1.pdf\">Who\u2019s Hungry Report <\/a>(2022) calls for action to achieve Indigenous food sovereignty ensuring this population has access to traditional foods. As defined by the <a href=\"https:\/\/viacampesina.org\/en\/event\/stop-neo-liberal-policies-build-food-sovereignty\/\">International Peasants\u2019 Movement<\/a>, &#8220;Food Sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems&#8221; (para. 6). These grassroots efforts are often challenged by corporate interests and settlers, seen for instance in the 2020 CBC documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/cbcdocspov\/episodes\/cottagers-indians\">Cottagers &amp; Indians<\/a>, in which wild rice beds become a point of friction.<\/p>\n<p>The Meno Ya Win Health Centre based in Sioux Lookout in Northwestern Ontario, has introduced a traditional diet for Indigenous patients who are healing in their facility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lEUOlvpes2o\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-5-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" class=\"wp-image-49 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-5-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-5-65x65.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-5-225x225.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-5-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-5.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"title\" class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\">\n<p class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lEUOlvpes2o\">Miichim [Documentary Short]<\/a> &#8211; YouTube (9min26sec)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although this program is a long way from Toronto, other initiatives have happened in the city. Launched in 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/dashmaawaanbemaadzinjin\">Dashmaawaan Bemaadzinjin, or They Feed the People<\/a>, is an Indigenous-led effort providing access to traditional food for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Toronto. They do this by bringing meals and food baskets to Elders and people who are unhoused, as well as through initiatives like the Indigenous Food Market. These efforts improve Indigenous food sovereignty and also provide opportunities for education to both Indigenous and non-Indigeouns populations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CUdEogoJh6r\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-5-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" class=\"wp-image-49 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-5-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-5-65x65.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-5-225x225.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-5-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-5.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CUdEogoJh6r\/\">Right to Food<\/a> &#8211; Hxouse<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ojibiikaan.com\/about-us\/\">Ojibiikaan<\/a> Indigenous Cultural Network is another Indigenous-led Toronto-based initiative focused on food sovereignty and preparation, through the lens of cultural education. Ongoing events are announced via their social media platforms, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Ojibiikaan\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ojibiikaan\/?hl=en\">Instagram<\/a>. Events include gardening, medicine making, and traditional cooking, as well as other cultural workshops.<\/p>\n<p>Other sources of Indigenous foods include restaurants like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CafePowWow\/\">Pow Wow Cafe<\/a> in Kensington Market, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanbannock.ca\/\">Tea N Bannock<\/a> in Leslieville, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nishdish.com\/\">Nish Dish<\/a>. Note that due to COVID-19, some of these locations have restricted restaurant hours, but still offer catering services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":480,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-122","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":87,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/480"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/122\/revisions\/171"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/87"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/122\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/indigenoustorontoresearchresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}