Transcript:
It is not easy to deliver food to remote Aboriginal communities in Ontario’s moose factory.
The community is located on a small island on the Moose River near James Bay. In summer, food is usually arrived by boat, and in winter, by truck on ice.
But in parts of the spring and fall, the island is only accessible by helicopters.
Chum: “So autumn is when freezing occurs, and spring is when ice breaks.”
Anthony Chum lives in a moose factory and works for the moose Kerry Aboriginal people.
The food inside was expensive, he said. As the climate warms, it takes longer and less predictable time.
CHUM: “The ice is not as early as before, and it is faster.”
He said that unreliable ice also makes it difficult for people to enter the hunting grounds.
Therefore, to increase access to locally produced food, CHUM can help residents grow on their own. His team helped about 40 families build garden beds to grow potatoes, carrots and other foods, some of which can last until autumn and winter.
It won't solve all the problems, but it's a step to provide more reliable and reliable food for residents of Moos' factory.
Report Credit: Sarah Kennedy/Chavobart Digital Media
Repost our articles for free under the Creative Commons license, online or in print.
