Building Canada's food and agriculture brand in the world : the contribution by Canada's three northern territories. PDF
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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada http://archive.org/details/buildingcanadasf11043cana Canada 1*1 Agricultureand Agricultureet Agri-FoodCanada AgroalimentaireCanada i Building Canada's food and agriculture brand in the world Canada'sagricultureandfoodindustryfeedstheworldsafe, Oilseedsforsowingandfodderweretheleadingagri-food healthyfoodthatiswell-respectedbyinternationaltrading exportsforYukonearning$118,098in2008,andsimilarly partners.Canadaistheworld'sfourth-largestexporterin fortheN.W.T,theyearnedjustmorethan$17,000. theagricultureandseafoodtrade,andisinternationally Nunavutearnedabout$48,000byexportingproductsof recognizedforhighqualityproducts. animaloriginsuchaswildgamemeat. The Contribution byCanada'sThree Fishery NorthernTerritories Foreachoftheterritories,fishandcrustaceansarethe leadingfoodandagricultureexports.In2008,Nunavut Fromthe60thparalleltotheNorthPole,Canada'sYukon, aloneexportedmorethan$1-million,whiletheN.W.T.'s NorthwestTerritories(N.W.T.)andNunavutcover2.5-million exportssurpassed$154,000andYukon'sexports squarekilometres.Thelonghoursofsummerdaylightand cleared$118,000. suitablesoilsseemedwellindicatedforagriculture.Small- scaleagriculturewasencouragedduringtheYukonGold NorthernShrimpandGreenlandTurbotareNunavut's RushandthedevelopmentofHudsonBayCompanyposts leadingfisheries.TheN.W.T.hasacommercial,freshwater andchurchmissions.Buttheseeffortsdwindledovertime. fisherybasedonWhitefishharvestedfromGreatSlaveLake. Pickerel,orWalleye,areharvestedonasmallerscale.Arctic TheN.W.T.andYukonnowproducesmall,butexportable GraylingandChinookSalmonarethefishmostcommonin amountsofdairyproducts,eggsandhoney.Ofthe Yukonwaterways. territories,Nunavutachievedcloseto$1.2-millionin agri-food,fishandseafoodexportsin2008,morethan twicethecombinedexportsofYukon($277,158)andthe Didyouknow? N.W.T.($195,708). Community-scalevegetablegardens,evendairyandbeef productions,wereonceafeatureofHudsonBayCompany Agri-Food postsandchurchmissionsintheN.W.T.Inspiredbythis Havingabout160farms,Yukonismoreagriculturally nearlyforgottentraditionandknowledgebase,Agriculture diversethanitsterritorialcousins.Therearesingle-product andAgri-FoodCanadaandtheN.W.T.Departmentof andmixedfarms,organicandtraditionalproducersgrowing Industry,TourismandInvestmentinitiatedaprogramto hardy,short-seasoncropsandraisingrobustlivestock. developsmall,community-basedfoodproduction,in2008, 18isolatedcommunitiesgrewinexpensive,storable Agriculture-basedindustryintheN.W.T.ischallengedby rootcrops. theterritories'small, widespreadmarkets.However,in somecommunitiestherearemarketgardensproducing lettuce,potatoes,carrots,radishes,corn,andstrawberries. iHerMajestytheQueeninRightofCanada,2009 Cat.No.A22-493/11-2009 ISBN978-1-100-50083-6 AAFCNo.11043B
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