Food, culture, and human health in Alaska: an integrative health approach to food security

• Published in: Environmental science & policy Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 466 - 478
• Main Authors: Loring, Philip A., Gerlach, S.C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2009
• Subjects: Adaptation to change; Alaska; Alaska Natives; Climate change; Culture; Food security; Foodshed; Indigenous populations; Integrative health model; Inuit; Public health; Resilience and vulnerability; U.S.A; USA, Alaska; Climate change; Resilience and vulnerability; Foodshed; Food security; Alaska Natives; Integrative health model

Multiple climatic and socioeconomic drivers have come in recent years to interfere with the ability of Alaska's ‘bush’ communities to achieve food security with locally available food resources. Livelihoods traditionally centered on the harvest of wild, country foods, are transitioning to a cas...