By Hunters sharing their catch to people and or them cooking telling people to go eat. For healthy food from stores, it is helpful when families share or have potluck and share to anyone who wants or to public gatherings. Organization gets hunter to go hunt and share to commiunity.

-Debbie

Contributing country foods is very important, especially when it’s somebody’s first catch, when you share first catch with the community it is known to be a good luck (like good luck to the hunter) Food gatherings let people together to eat, laugh, cry.

-Joan

Traditional food is harvested by hunters who provide for families and sometimes the community. It can be a respected hunter who share their catches to an event like a community feast. Or they can have a group of hunters by an association who provides equipment to hunt for the whole community. When people gather for a feast it is a fun event for everyone. They socialize and share their happiness with each other. It is also good for them to get together and eat as Inuit say the food tastes better when they all eat together.

Deanna

The food brings a lot of people together, during Christmas holiday, New years holiday, during feasts, during thanksgiving,

And during birthday parties.

Food contributes to community wellness by fostering physical health through nutrition, promoting mental and emotional well-being through connections and traditions They strengthens cultural identity.

-Annie

providing essential physical nutrition, building social connections through shared meals and activities, preserving cultural identity, and fostering mental and emotional stability.

-ooloota

-Aileen