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Can you imagine paying $11 for a package of bologna or $69 for a dozen blueberry muffins? Those are prices reported by members of a Facebook group that tracks food costs in northern Canada. A 2016 food security study found that people in northern Canada spend twice as much on food compared to less remote areas. One nonprofit is experimenting with growing vegetables in shipping containers powered by wind and solar collectors. It’s one possible solution to food insecurity and high costs in tribal areas in Canada and Alaska that are remote and have shorter growing seasons.
Guests:
Cynthia Erickson (Athabascan and Yupik) – owner of Tanana Commercial Co. and founder of My Grandma’s House
Betty Kogvik – gardener at the greenhouse
Sammy Kogvik (Inuit) – Greenhouse leader
Wade Thorhaug – executive director for Qajuqturvik Food Centre
Break 1 Music: Through The Woodlands: Buckskin Flats/ Rod’s Reel/ Les Disputeuses (song) Métis Fiddler Quartet (artist) North West Voyage Nord Ouest (album)
Break 2 music: Smoke Dance One (feat. Frazer Sundown) (song) DJ Shub (artist) PowWowStep EP (album)
