Mary Williams is the Project Coordinator for the Restorative Ocean Farming Project with Coastal Shellfish Corporation and the North Coast Innovation Lab. She is currently completing her master’s in environmental studies with a concentration in aquaculture and Indigenous resource management at York University. Access to affordable and healthy foods is a common concern for rural, remote, and Indigenous communities — an issue I have been exploring as a graduate student. I was excited to spend the summer working on a community-based restorative ocean farm with Ecotrust Canada and Coastal Shellfish Corporation, a shellfish farming operation in which the Metlakatla First Nation are the majority shareholders. The project is enhancing sustainable and culturally relevant food security and economic development for Metlakatla, ...
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