Food sovereignty goes beyond addressing the need to secure a daily food source. Food sovereignty means having the right to determine where your food comes from and how it is produced. In 2008, alarmed by the impact agro-business was having on Canadian food quality and security, Kristeva Dowling decided to take control of her own food source. In an attempt to achieve 100 percent self-sufficiency on her small holding in BC's Bella Coola Valley, she ploughed under her land, converted her garage to an intensive care unit for chickens and learned to hunt, fish, gather and preserve her own food. Dowling's story is a witty, humorous and often bizarre journey of trial and error. Between rendering maple syrup, mothering baby chicks, canning hundredsof pounds of preserves, tracking wild game and growing her own wheat, Dowling finds time to reflect on her new-found tangible skills, her intangible problems and the politics and legislative barriers that face BC's small farming community.
Record details
ISBN:9781894759601 (sc.)
ISBN:1894759605 (sc.)
Physical Description:print 271 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher:Halfmoon Bay, B.C. : Caitlin Press, 2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and seed resources..
Formatted Contents Note:
The seeds of sustainability -- Year two at the Howling Duck Ranch -- The food sovereignty project -- Planning the garden for self-sufficiency -- Milk -- Summer harvesting -- Preserving the harvest and generally persevering -- City girl gets a gun -- Butchering 101 -- Bears I have known -- The project in full swing -- Your money and your mouth - Epilogue -- Additional recipes.