AUTHOR=Kuhnlein Harriet V. , Chotiboriboon Sinee 

TITLE=Why and How to Strengthen Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems With Examples From Two Unique Indigenous Communities

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

VOLUME=Volume 6 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-food-systems/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2022.808670

DOI=10.3389/fsufs.2022.808670

ISSN=2571-581X

ABSTRACT=Indigenous Peoples’ food systems contain extensive and sophisticated knowledge that is often undocumented and underutilized in contemporary society that has increasingly poor nutrition and loss of food biodiversity. Indigenous Peoples in all global regions are among the most vulnerable to marginalization, food insecurity and chronic disease and will benefit greatly from strengthening their resource-rich food systems to make them more resilient and sustainable. It is in this spirit that we contribute to the databases of Indigenous Peoples food system knowledge with information on unique traditional foods from the Nuxalk Nation in British Columbia, Canada and the Pwo Karen People of Sanephong Community, Thailand. We highlight selected foods with nutrient data, and methodologies to identify and promote their use within Indigenous communities with intent to stimulate similar efforts among other traditional and Indigenous cultures and contribute to global intercultural food system evidence and advances.