Is there room in Nunavut's sharing economy to sell traditional food?

Posted: Apr 19, 2022

April Hudson 

CBC News repost

Is there room in Nunavut’s sharing economy to sell traditional food? This Iqaluit chef thinks so

“What would it look like if you could buy maktaaq, muskox and seal meat at the grocery store?Inspired by Greenland’s food market, Sheila Flaherty wants to add Inuit food to local menus.”

“If we were to have a restaurant, as an example, and seal meat is on the menu every day, that’s a lot of seals that need to be harvested,” she said.

“With the cost of hunting and harvesting, to purchase directly from a harvester, it might help the hunter and harvester with bullets, with gas … or buying grocery food to help feed his or her family,” she said.