Knowing where my foods come from is important to me. Thus, I garden, and we gather fish from our local rivers. Having clean, organic foods is my goal.
Joining the Upper Lynn Canal Local Food Challenge allows me to learn from and to share with others. A big thank you to the organizers.
The Food Challenge reminds me how unique it is to live in a place where we can be nourished by an abundance of superfoods from the sea, as well as fruits and vegetables from our gardens, local farmers’ market, or harvesting in the wild.
The health of our environment sets the foundation for our ability to harvest these foods.
When I eat local foods I think about the importance for our community to safeguard our local rivers and tributaries at the center of our local food systems.
A large mining project upstream that leaks acid mine drainage into our pristine watershed would be detrimental to our health and ability to harvest from the land and nearby waters.
Do you want to eat wild salmon that have been exposed to high levels of heavy metals? What about local foods grown in contaminated soil?
If you enjoy the bounty of local foods available in the Chilkat Valley, please consider speaking up against large-scale hard-rock mining in the Chilkat Valley. It is a direct threat to our food security.
Nelle Jurgeleit-Greene