Monday, April 19, 2021

12:00 noon New York

"Support the rescue, systematization and promotion of traditional food systems, based mainly on indigenous women and youth as a tool to ensure this knowledge over time" Network of indigenous youth

Background

Indigenous food systems are based on the wide biodiversity of ecosystems where they carry out agricultural, livestock, hunting, fishing, gathering, bartering and marketing activities to obtain food. The forms of appropriation, exploitation and use of natural wealth are combined with cultural heritage, the conservation and introduction of products, the development and innovation of techniques, the reaffirmation of identities, customs and food and gastronomic habits.

The close links between territory and food systems are related to the processes of social construction and the various economic, cultural and climatic environments, the vocation of the soils, the care of the environment, the ecological calendars and the qualities of the food obtained in each season…