Building the Yukon’s future in local food production
January 11, 2021
The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Teaching and Working Farm near Dawson City is addressing food scarcity in the Yukon by producing food through self-sufficient means and providing others with experience. All photos: Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Teaching and Working Farm
Growing nearly anything in the Yukon brings its own set of challenges. “We’re basically at the top of the world,” says Derrick Hastings, farm manager at the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Teaching and Working Farm. “We’re at the end of the road.”
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Alex Nguyen is a Vancouver-based journalist with interests related to affordability, equity and health. Her work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Ricochet Media and the Ubyssey. Twitter: @alexnguyen2311. SHARES Not only does Sukhdeep Brar have to spend more time and effort to pick the apples on his farm this year, thanks to COVID-19 and bad weather, he also has to sell the apples for much less due to retail consolidation and competition from Washington state.
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Dr. Shoshannah Bryn Jones Square and student collaborators are hosting KPU’s first installment of the Arts Speaker Series of 2021 with “Redesigning Our World” on Jan. 13.
“I think there is a real need to get rid of that individualistic, competitive sort of structure we have right now and move into something that is collaborative and founded on compassion and care,” says Jones Square, who is an interdisciplinary instructor in the arts department.
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