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Community Food in Action

By Steph Simko and Sarah Jensen, Food Action Network of Northwestern Ontario The Food Action Network has been doing a lot lately to celebrate local food in action! On March...

What Is Food Sovereignty? A Primer on the Nyéléni Process

By: Sarah Siska, Executive Director, FAN-NWO This is the second blog in a series on the Nyéléni Process and food sovereignty. Read the first piece in the series reflecting on...

Restoring Manomin: Supporting Indigenous Relationships with The Good Berry through Community-University Partnerships 

By Sophie Shepherd, Rachel Johnson (Students, Lakehead University Masters of Environmental Studies), Dr. Charles Levkoe, Dr. Jill Taylor-Hollings & Dr. Martha Dowsley For at least 7,000 years, Manomin has been cared for...

Growing Co-operatively: Strengthening Food Systems in Northwestern Ontario  

By Sarah Jensen, Regional Food Systems Coordinator, FAN-NWO It’s winter 1939, and you’re about to head out for a fun new winter activity – skating on the Thunder Bay Dairy...

Putting Indigenous Food Sovereignty First: Insights from the Fall 2025 Understanding Our Food Systems Gathering 

By Liz Lovell, Community Food Systems Coordinator, FAN-NWO Actualizing Indigenous food sovereignty is about much more than addressing hunger—it is about rebuilding relationships with the land, reviving traditional practices, promoting...

Community Food in Action

By Steph Simko and Sarah Jensen, Food Action Network of Northwestern Ontario The Food Action Network has been doing a lot lately to celebrate local food in action! On March...

What Is Food Sovereignty? A Primer on the Nyéléni Process

By: Sarah Siska, Executive Director, FAN-NWO This is the second blog in a series on the Nyéléni Process and food sovereignty. Read the first piece in the series reflecting on...

Restoring Manomin: Supporting Indigenous Relationships with The Good Berry through Community-University Partnerships 

By Sophie Shepherd, Rachel Johnson (Students, Lakehead University Masters of Environmental Studies), Dr. Charles Levkoe, Dr. Jill Taylor-Hollings & Dr. Martha Dowsley For at least 7,000 years, Manomin has been cared for...

Growing Co-operatively: Strengthening Food Systems in Northwestern Ontario  

By Sarah Jensen, Regional Food Systems Coordinator, FAN-NWO It’s winter 1939, and you’re about to head out for a fun new winter activity – skating on the Thunder Bay Dairy...

Putting Indigenous Food Sovereignty First: Insights from the Fall 2025 Understanding Our Food Systems Gathering 

By Liz Lovell, Community Food Systems Coordinator, FAN-NWO Actualizing Indigenous food sovereignty is about much more than addressing hunger—it is about rebuilding relationships with the land, reviving traditional practices, promoting...

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