Building the Yukon's future in local food production

摘要

Growing nearly anything in the Yukon brings its own set of challenges. "We're basically at the top of the world," says Derrick Hastings, farm manager at the Tr'ondek Hwech'in Teaching and Working Farm. "We're at the end of the road."Located on the outskirts of Dawson City, Hastings says they depend on a single highway to stock their local grocery stores. This was put to the test,when parts of the road washed out in 2012. "The Yukon and the environment up here is unique for food," says Hastings. "We produce one per cent of our food locally. [Almost] 99 per.cent of it is trucked in."