Food Security and Sovereignty
(Miijim Debinawewziwin miinwaa Dibegenjigewin)

Strategies

• Provide timely and accurate information on Covid-19 supports for communities facing food emergencies.
• Identify cases where quotas and jurisdiction present challenges to Anishinabek Nation food sovereignty and seek cooperative solutions with government.
• Develop a Food Sovereignty and Security Plan for the Anishinabek Nation
• Identify, quantify and address/monitor issues related to the chemical contamination of wild foods (foods from traditional lands and territories) and market produced foods.
• Support and advocate for AN communities in re-discovering and protecting wild food sources/medicines and reinitiating traditional food collection activities such as hunting, fishing, berry picking, maple bush sap syrup making and medicinal plant collection.
• Monitor the impacts of climate change on the AN’s ability to produce and harvest wild traditional food and modern food sources.
• Communicate the value of traditional ecological knowledge to government and industry.
• Define and clarify the wild food serving issue.
• Define and clarify issues associated with supply management system and quotas for agricultural commodities (dairy, egg and chicken industry) with respect to food sovereignty and security and seek the cooperative solutions with government.
• Encourage and support AN’s participation in the aquaculture and wild fisheries industries as viable activities to support food security/sovereignty.
• Encourage and support AN’s participation in trapping and hunting to secure viable wild foods.

Actions to Achieve

• Enhance food sovereignty and security in AN communities by promoting and encouraging local food production.
• Establish an AN seed bank and promote the use of heirloom/non GMO seeds.
• Participate in the Indigenous Food Circle meetings and provide advice/assistance where necessary.

Food Banks and Food Assistance

Do you need to use the services of a food bank? To find a food bank near you, visit Feed Ontario.