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By Stephanie Swensrude

PROVINCIAL FUNDING

Kamloops, Lillooet Indigenous groups receive money for food security

Aug 7, 2022 | 3:07 PM

KAMLOOPS — The provincial government is handing out cash to two Interior organizations in a bid to improve food supply and security.

In Kamloops, the Kamloops Food Policy Council received $58,000. The money will support the Working Group for Indigenous Food Security (WGIFS), an organization that seeks to apply an Indigenous lens to conversations around food security.

“We need to learn from our past, and centering Indigenous ecological knowledge, wisdom and values will allow us the clearest line of sight for tackling, and adapting to the storms, floods, fires, and droughts headed our way,” WGIFS says in a news release on their website.

“We deeply appreciate the financial support that will enable us to focus time and energy and scale deep into our internal capacity,” said Dawn Morrison, founder and research curator, WGIFS.

“Building institutional-level capacity within Indigenous communities is a key strategy to protecting, conserving and restoring the last remaining Indigenous biocultural heritage systems.”

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The Southern Stl’atl’imx Charitable Society in Lillooet will also receive $58,000. The funding will help them expand their gardening program in the communities of Skatin, Samahquam and Douglas.

“This funding will engage the community, and particularly youth, to allow us to start a new fruit-tree program, provide continued support for our community-garden wellness program and teach food preservation skills,” said Allison Asapace, health director of Southern Stl’atl’imx Health Society.

The funding is being distributed by the Victoria Foundation’s Food Security Fund.

“Land-based programming led by Indigenous communities and organizations is vital to food security and Indigenous food sovereignty,” said Sandra Richardson, CEO, Victoria Foundation.

“This funding will expand and deepen the work already underway in communities while also improving program sustainability.”