TY - JOUR AU - Gordon, Kelly AU - Lickers Xavier, Adrianne AU - Tait Neufeld, Hannah PY - 2018/05/21 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Healthy Roots: Building capacity through shared stories rooted in Haudenosaunee knowledge to promote Indigenous foodways and well-being JF - Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation JA - CanFoodStudies VL - 5 IS - 2 SE - Field Report or Narrative DO - 10.15353/cfs-rcea.v5i2.210 UR - https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/210 SP - 180-195 AB - <p>Urban and reserve-based First Nation families in southern Ontario frequently experience food insecurity as well as more limited access to traditional, more nutrient dense foods from the local environment.<em> Healthy Roots</em> was initiated in the community of Six Nations to promote traditional food consumption. A small number of participants eating only locally available foods reported better-controlled blood glucose, positive weight change and increased traditional food knowledge. New relationships and partnerships were also developed. <em>Our Sustenance</em>, a community organization that was responsible for the local farmers market, community gardens, good food box program, and other community programs, joined the <em>Healthy Roots</em> Committee to continue advancing the knowledge and activation of the community-based initiatives such as the development of a Haudenosaunee Food Guide. <em>Healthy Roots</em> may serve as a model and inspiration to other Indigenous communities looking to reconnect to their local environments and Indigenous lifeways to promote Indigenous foodways and well-being.</p> ER -