Indigenous peoples' food systems

By Bill Erasmus, Dina Spigelski, Harriet V. Kuhnlein

Subjects: Nutritional Requirements, Food, Nutrition, Population Groups, Cultural Characteristics, Indigenous peoples, Nutritional Physiological Phenomena

Description: The case studies presented in this book show the wealth of knowledge in indigenous communities in diverse ecosystems, the richness of their food resources, the strengths of the local traditional food systems, how people think about and use these foods, the influx of industrial and purchased food, and the circumstances of the nutrition transition in indigenous communities--Publisher's description.