Tackling food security issues in indigenous communities in Canada: The Manitoba experience

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-221

  Fieldhouse, Paul ^a   Thompson, Shirley ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Community development; Food policy; Food security; Indigenous populations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866447958     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2012.01619.x     Document Type: Article

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