Local And Just

This past winter I attended a class at the University of Manitoba called Food Geographies. Near the beginning of the course we talked about the packaging and marketing of food products and how tactics are sometime used that misrepresent the actual origin or contents of the product. One example of this is the couscous that [...]

This video features two high impact local food initiatives that are highlighted as case studies. One community scale and one regional scale initiative are discussed in relation to the barriers that each faces as well as the positive outcomes that these programs generate in the battle for food justice.  These food initiatives were chosen based [...]

Some people say that the drive up Highway 6 into northern Manitoba can be long and boring; I am not one of them. The last time I travelled to Grand Rapids and Misipawistik Cree Nation was in February and the snow and the Spruce trees created a beautiful landscape. Now that spring is here, the [...]