February 5th - Food Relationships & The Dovekie

The first presentation of the day was on Food Relationships and was the presentation that I chose to blog about. Food symbols play a vital role in social, political and cultural aspects of lives. It is a great way of connecting families and bringing communities together. The presenter then discussed the lack of suitable land to grow food on in the North and how expensive food is northern communities compared to a grocery store down here. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz0YYkvG_Lg

This video is a more comical look at the extreme prices of food in the North.

The presenter raised a good point when saying that animals are on a great majority of Canadian coins. The term "buck" which derivers from the Hudson Bay Company's price of a beaver. I found this point to be interesting because I honestly though a "buck" was just a nickname that we had given to the loonie. The presenter also pointed out that we have animals on 4 of our 7 coins that are currently in circulation, which is another fact that I have really never paid a lot of close attention to.

http://coins.about.com/od/worldcoins/ig/World-Coins-Gallery-Index/Canadian-Money---Coins.--0Q.htm

Lastly, the presenter played a video on nourishment and posed the question of "What does nourish mean to you?". To me, nourishment represents the idea of being full from food with proper nutrients. I think nourishment is often something that is forgotten about, we eat because we need to, when we should be eating healthy because we enjoy it. 

So I pose the question to you.... What do nourish mean to you? What foods do you feel nourished by?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvIcUdBzyI0

Until next time,

Janelle