Category: Food Security

• Environment
• Food Security
• People

What is the link between the wellbeing and autonomy of indigenous peoples and animal poaching, along with the introduction of sugar, refined and canned foods, salts and preservatives? Read about the history of the buffalo nation and what they did about it.

• Food Security
• People
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The wampis community is conserving the lakes in their lands, and rejecting introduced foods to rescue their traditional heritage by returning to natural food such as wild fish, free range chicken, fruits and vegetables.

• Food Security
• People

A network of indigenous corn keepers are assisting Indigenous Nations in Turtle Island by uniting them with sacred seeds and traditional food sources.

• Artby - Rudolph Ryser
• Environment
• Food Security
• Health
• Traditional Knowledge

Wild Berries for Winter Health By Elise Krohn Elise@cwis.org CWIS Fellow for Native Plants and Nutrition We are in the thick of winter. It has been cold and rainy for…

• Artby - Rudolph Ryser
• Economy
• Food Security
• Health
• Human Rights
• Political Economy
• Traditional Knowledge

Fourth World peoples frequently live in the most remote regions of the world making up a major portion of the non-urban population. Significantly, the diversity of Fourth World peoples’ locations…

• Artby - Rudolph Ryser
• Environment
• Food Security
• Health
• Human Rights

Electromagnetic Warfare Training facilities: US Navy Plan 2014 Construction of electromagnetic warfare facilities, nuclear testing and production sites and other radiation producing projects have been constructed in rural, low population…

• Artby - Rudolph Ryser
• Food Security
• FW Geo-Politics
• Human Rights

In this space I called attention to the government of Canada and its objection to the World Council of Indigenous Peoples Outcome Document. That document would commit UN Member states…

• Artby - Heidi Bruce
• Food Security
• FW Geo-Politics

Amaranth, along with other previously disregarded or banned food staples used by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica, is receiving increased attention from policy makers, agronomists and nutritionists alike. Amidst global discussions…

• Artby - Rudolph Ryser
• Environment
• Food Security
• FW Geo-Politics

The CWIS Climate Change Monitor continues to monitor meetings of states’ governments and indigenous peoples throughout the year between sessions of the Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework…

• Artby - Heidi Bruce
• Arts and Culture
• Food Security

Sifting through the multitude of journals, articles, and blogs that emphasize the entanglement of challenges humans find themselves in with regards to the globalized food system can feel daunting:  a…