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Canadian Association for Food Studies (CAFS)Feb 17

Following the University of Regina Press’s tagline, “A Gathering of Many Voices,” we’ve pulled together two voices from their catalogue, offering possible research, teaching, and travel inspiration on or in the Northern Great Plains.

Start with James Daschuk’s "Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life," reviewed by Bradley C. Hiebert in Vol. 1, No, 2 of Canadian Food Studies: https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v1i2.51

Then, pair it with a dissertation-turned-monograph from 30 years ago, and now in print. R. Grace Morgan’s Beaver, Bison, Horse: The Traditional Knowledge and Ecology of the Northern Great Plains includes a foreword by none other James Daschuk. https://uofrpress.ca/Books/B/Beaver-Bison-Horse

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Canadian Association for Food Studies (CAFS)Jan 28

A Shared Lunch, Part IV! Next to share her lunch—which is not strictly speaking a lunch—is CFS Vol. 12 No. 3 author, Jen Brady. She writes, “Not being much of a lunch eater, I made a wrap with eggs and chili crisp for Second Breakfast, which I ate at my desk after getting my kids to school.”

Brady’s photograph exemplifies the working lunch, or Second Breakfast, rather. She pairs her eggs with work that explores “newcomers’ experiences and meanings of accessing culturally appropriate food” (Bessey et al., p.113). Read and find out more: https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v12i3.622

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photo: Jennifer Brady

Canadian Association for Food Studies (CAFS)Jan 15

A Shared Lunch, continued!

Fieldwork yields so much more than data, as Jennifer Temmer shares: “While this is not my current lunch, I wish it were! During my fieldwork in Kakisa, a community member gifted me some moose meat so I made homemade tortillas for moose meat tacos with salsa made with tomatoes from the community garden. We all agreed they were delicious!”

What do community gardens mean to Kakisa community members? What resources do they have at their disposal and what strategies are needed to maintain them long term? Read and find out more from Temmer et al.: https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v12i3.737

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#Tortillas
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#Salsa

photo: Jennifer Temmer

Canadian Association for Food Studies (CAFS)Jan 9

A Shared Lunch! Next to share her lunch is Chloe Alexander, whose article in Vol. 12 No. 3 of Canadian Food Studies addresses food loss and waste as it meets jurisdiction. How do the federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal governments in Canada address food loss and waste? And are there alternative ways to interpret jurisdiction and amend and improve governance? https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/issue/view/41

On a small scale, Alexander’s lunch demonstrates the author’s personal preoccupation with food waste reduction. It’s made of leftovers! "...from a get together with friends—handmade pasta with a tomato/eggplant/mushroom sauce, topped with ricotta and parmesan cheese." (“Yum!” —ed.)

From the personal, Alexander’s article deftly walks readers through the systemic. Read and find out more: https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v12i3.720

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#Ricotta
#Parmesan

photo: Chloe Alexander

Canadian Association for Food Studies (CAFS)Jan 8

A Shared Lunch! Vol. 12 No. 3 of Canadian Food Studies is about being “in it” together, so we thought we’d follow that ethos and share our lunch with you… Or actually, our authors’ lunches.

Elaine Power starts it off with her shared lunch: “A bowl of squash, parsnip and carrot soup, made from my last CSA veggie box of the year, with Aleppo chilies on top; a local Honeycrisp apple; and some Manchego cheese.”

There are certainly some shared sensibilities between Power’s lunch and her responses to the CFS Choux Questionnaire. But why take our word for it? Read, and find out: https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v12i3.775

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#AleppoChilies
#PimentDAlep
#HoneycrispApple
#Manchego
#ChouxQuestionnaire
#FoodInsecurity
#FoodSecurity
#FoodWaste
#FoodLiteracy
#FoodRetail
#FoodJustice
#CanadianFoodStudies

photo: Elaine Power

Canadian Association for Food Studies (CAFS)Dec 17

Check out the latest issue of Canadian Food Studies (canadianfoodstudies.ca)!

Vol. 12, No. 3 is now out, featuring five research articles, one review article, and the Choux Questionnaire (with the inimitable Elaine Power). Plus, a thoughtful editorial about fitting in and fitting together, from CFS editor Sara Edge, as well as beautiful cover art from illustrator and sustainable food systems consultant, Laurence Deschamps-Léger (laucolo.com).

From all of us at CFS/RCÉA, here's to a peaceful and fruitful 2026!

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