Contribution of Wild Foods to Diet, Food Security, and Cultural Values Amidst Climate Change

Abstract

Wild foods are recognized to contribute to diet and food security through enhancing the availability of 1 The term 'Native American' was determined to be the preferred term for referencing the Native American community in this study, based on consultation from our community advisory board. local, diverse, and nonmarket food sources. We investigated the contribution of wild foods to diet, food security, and cultural identity in a Native American 1 community in the context of climate

Intended and Unintended Consequences of a Community-Based Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Dietary Intervention on the Flathead Reservation of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

“…The community-engaged approach of designing the intervention through focus group meetings with a Community Advisory Board of food and nutrition stakeholders played a key role in supporting the desirability of the provided foods and recipes among participants. In meeting local taste preferences, future FV interventions should take a place-based approach such as incorporating indigenous foods in tribal communities including wild game, fish, and edible plants into interventions should be considered (51). Training on prioritizing time and scheduling on procuring and preparing meals can further increase the capacity to prepare healthy meals from scratch (52).…”

Food Environment Typology: Advancing an Expanded Definition, Framework, and Methodological Approach for Improved Characterization of Wild, Cultivated, and Built Food Environments toward Sustainable Diets

“…The objectives of this concept paper were addressed on the basis of the following: (1) multiple literature reviews; (2) extensive field observations carrying out food environment research in diverse socio-ecological contexts in low-, middle-, and high-income countries by the study team; (3) interactions with field experts during workshops, symposium, and conferences on the topic of food environments; and (4) classroom experiences teaching graduate students on the topic of food environments. Collectively, our study team has carried out food environment research in a range of low-, middle-, and high-income countries including rural and tribal communities in Asia (China [39][40][41][42][43], India [44][45][46], Nepal [28], and Myanmar [47]), Africa (Kenya [48], Senegal [49], and Tanzania [50]), and North America (Waskaganish, Quebec [51] and Flathead Reservation, Montana [22,36,[52][53][54][55][56]). Our field work in these communities have included mixed-methods to capture the key elements of the food environment types and how consumers interact with those environments.…”

Born to Eat Wild: An Integrated Conservation Approach to Secure Wild Food Plants for Food Security and Nutrition

“…Although the caloric contribution of WFPs to people’s diets is generally low compared to staple foods [ 21 ], these species contribute to diet diversification in many geographical settings where otherwise monotonous diets may prevail [ 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ]. Wild foods (both plants and non) provided between 1% and 19% of the iron consumed, between 5% and 45% of the calcium and between 0% and 31% of the vitamin A equivalents (RAE) in the diets of women and children in studies from Benin, Tanzania, and the Philippines [ 21 ].…”