Nutrition Education Track | CEU Specialty 1 | Beginner
Food Sovereignty: An Indigenous Perspective
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. Learn how food sovereignty and food security intertwine, how Native Nations are strengthening sovereignty through food, and how we are reclaiming our food ways through various initiatives.
- Discuss the history of food obstacles for Native communities.
- Understand food access and food sovereignty initiatives in Indian Country
- Learn about traditional Native foods.
Presented by
Aarie J. Wade, MSW
Child Development Center Director, Baxter Community Center
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