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Why aren’t there more Indigenous foods in 'Canadian' grocery stores? (indiginews.com)
submitted 6 days ago by Wren@lemmy.today to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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Walking down the aisles of one of “Canada’s” major groceries, it’s rare to see Indigenous food products. Even in smaller, independently-owned retailers, they are still few and far between. Fish might be from Alaska and seaweed from Japan, despite being plentiful on the coast of “British Columbia” and harvested by local First Nations. There are many “Canadian” products big and small, but Indigenous producers, as well as their local traditional foods, are rare. Where are the Indigenous goods?

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[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

There's a "chain" in BC that's owned and run by first Nations, only three locations that I'm aware of but it's in three different cities..

It's pretty decent, almost like a cross between Starbucks and Tim Hortons, but with a first Nations theme to it.

Instead of doughnuts they serve bannock with flavours like Saskatoon berry frosting or apple cinnamon. It's very good.

They also have great coffee.

For food they have stuff like bannock with bowls of salad with various meats like salom or venison. I usually try to eat there at least once for lunch when I'm passing through one of those cities.