TY - JOUR
T1 - Food Sovereignty Indicators for Indigenous Community Capacity Building and Health
AU - Blue Bird Jernigan, Valarie
AU - Maudrie, Tara L.
AU - Nikolaus, Cassandra Jean
AU - Benally, Tia
AU - Johnson, Selisha
AU - Teague, Travis
AU - Mayes, Melena
AU - Jacob, Tvli
AU - Taniguchi, Tori
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding was provided by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities R01MD011266.
Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2021 Blue Bird Jernigan, Maudrie, Nikolaus, Benally, Johnson, Teague, Mayes, Jacob and Taniguchi.
PY - 2021/8/25
Y1 - 2021/8/25
N2 - Food insecurity, defined as a lack of stable access to sufficient and nutritious food, is a global public health priority due to its relationships with diminished mental and physical human health. Indigenous communities experience disproportionality high rates of food insecurity as a byproduct of settler-colonial activities, which included forced relocation to rural reservation lands and degradation of traditional subsistence patterns. Many Indigenous communities have worked to revitalize their local food systems by pursuing food sovereignty, regularly expressed as the right and responsibility of people to have access to healthy and culturally appropriate foods, while defining their own food systems. Food sovereignty is a promising approach for improving health. However, limited literature is available that identifies the diverse practices of food sovereignty or strategies communities can implement to strengthen their food sovereignty efforts. This article reviews the scientific literature and highlights key indicators that may support community capacity building for food sovereignty and health. The seven indicators are: (1) access to resources, (2) production, (3) trade, (4) food consumption, (5) policy, (6) community involvement, and (7) culture. A total of 25 sub-indicators are outlined to allow communities to understand how an indicator is operationalized as well as explore their own community's progress within each indicator. It is not expected that every indicator and their subcategories will apply fully to any given Indigenous community, and the application of these indicators must be adapted for each community's local context, however the indicators may provide support for building and assessing efforts to create more sustainable Indigenous food systems.
AB - Food insecurity, defined as a lack of stable access to sufficient and nutritious food, is a global public health priority due to its relationships with diminished mental and physical human health. Indigenous communities experience disproportionality high rates of food insecurity as a byproduct of settler-colonial activities, which included forced relocation to rural reservation lands and degradation of traditional subsistence patterns. Many Indigenous communities have worked to revitalize their local food systems by pursuing food sovereignty, regularly expressed as the right and responsibility of people to have access to healthy and culturally appropriate foods, while defining their own food systems. Food sovereignty is a promising approach for improving health. However, limited literature is available that identifies the diverse practices of food sovereignty or strategies communities can implement to strengthen their food sovereignty efforts. This article reviews the scientific literature and highlights key indicators that may support community capacity building for food sovereignty and health. The seven indicators are: (1) access to resources, (2) production, (3) trade, (4) food consumption, (5) policy, (6) community involvement, and (7) culture. A total of 25 sub-indicators are outlined to allow communities to understand how an indicator is operationalized as well as explore their own community's progress within each indicator. It is not expected that every indicator and their subcategories will apply fully to any given Indigenous community, and the application of these indicators must be adapted for each community's local context, however the indicators may provide support for building and assessing efforts to create more sustainable Indigenous food systems.
KW - food sovereignty
KW - food system
KW - health promotion
KW - indigenous food sovereignty
KW - public health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85114636910&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fsufs.2021.704750
DO - 10.3389/fsufs.2021.704750
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85114636910
SN - 2571-581X
VL - 5
JO - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
JF - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
M1 - 704750
ER -