The Food Chain · BBC World Service

What’s the future for Indigenous food?

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Inez Cook explains why her Indigenous restaurant has just one chance to make a good impression in a city dominated by sushi.
This episode explores the revival of Indigenous cuisine in Canada, featuring interviews with restaurant owners, farmers, and experts who discuss cultural revitalization, food sovereignty, and the ongoing challenges of historical policies and food insecurity. It highlights personal stories from Vancouver's only Indigenous restaurant to rural community farms, emphasizing the intersection of food, identity, and resilience.

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A measured look at revival, cost, and the systems behind Indigenous food.

This piece frames Indigenous food in Canada through land, price, health, and control over abundance. It moves from poutine and maple syrup to bannock and bison, then grounds itself in Vancouver and rural British Columbia, where distance and cost shape what people can actually…

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Hear how Indigenous cuisine in Canada is in revival, while land dispossession, high food prices, and health harms still shape the story.

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