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The health of native food and native food for health
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Dennis, SL, The health of native food and native food for health, 11th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health Conference 2017, 5-7 September 2017, Cairns, Australia (2017) [Conference Extract]
Abstract
Food belonging to country is often limited, endangered or disregarded. Introduced foods dominates the food market and landscape. Native food is suffocated in policies designed to protect introduced food and to legislate the corporate ownership of selling native food. The omissions of native food preservation have eroded from everyday association and impact on the societal consciousness. The intact ecosystems supporting the survival of native food are destroyed in preference for the introduced food. The constraints and destruction of native food remove the choice and sustainability to consume only native food. To begin a reconnection and awareness to native food requires a foundation to start the conversations. An investigation of consuming native food for one month in Tasmania as an Aboriginal researcher has instigated a grassroots approach of awakening absent discussions and the connections to native food in a current context. The results are both exciting and alarming.
Item Details
Item Type: | Conference Extract |
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Keywords: | Environmental Science Aboriginal Native Food |
Research Division: | Indigenous Studies |
Research Group: | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history |
Research Field: | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture |
Objective Division: | Indigenous |
Objective Group: | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health |
Objective Field: | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health system performance |
UTAS Author: | Dennis, SL (Ms Sharon Dennis) |
ID Code: | 124168 |
Year Published: | 2017 |
Deposited By: | UTAS Centre for Rural Health |
Deposited On: | 2018-02-12 |
Last Modified: | 2018-03-29 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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