Publications and Presentations

The following links provide conference and meeting presentations, papers, abstracts and posters.

“Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples: Nutrition, Botany and Use” by Harriet V. Kuhnlein and Nancy J. Turner

This is important book on plant foods used by Canadian Indigenous Peoples, first published in 1991, has been out of print for some time, and has now been scanned for access through FAO’s Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division. Reporting on the nutritional, botanical and ethnological data of more than one thousand species of edible plants found in Canada, this reference guide addresses a variety of backgrounds and needs. In addition to providing nutrient information, it describes regions were these food plants are available and presents patterns of use of particular species by Canadian Indigenous Peoples. Several cross-referencing tables containing common English plant names, scientific notation and composite information about each species are accompanied by chapters giving an overview of the known ethnic uses of the most important and universally used species. Biologists, ethnologists, Indigenous Peoples, nutritionists, wildlife enthusiasts and health care professionals will all find this information valuable. Dr. Kuhnlein is now Founding Director of the Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment (CINE) and Emeritus Professor at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, and Dr. Turner is Distinguished Professor in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.

Nutrition and Biodiversity, presented at the First International CIISCAM Conference, New Frontiers in the Mediterranean for Food Security, 4-5 December 2007, Viterbo, Italy