The Importance of Local Foods to Users of Food Pantries in Accessible Rural Alaska

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Discusses how home-grown foods and wild protein enhance food security in a group of rural, mostly non-Native Alaska communities accessible by ground transportation. Compares the status of Alaska Natives with non-Natives, and explores the harmful effects of food insecurity, in terms of obesity, child development, and general health.

Tracey Kathleen Burke, Cara Durr, David Reamer

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(1), 53-69

2018

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Access · American Indian or Alaska Native · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Alaska