Michipicoten First Nation Survey

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* 1. How important are fresh fruits or vegetables to you and / or your family?

Extremely important

Very important

Somewhat important

Not so important

Not at all important

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* 2. How often do you or someone in your household participate in the following Food Sovereignty activities in MFN?

	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	No Response
Maintaining personal garden(s)	Maintaining personal garden(s) Never	Maintaining personal garden(s) Rarely	Maintaining personal garden(s) Sometimes	Maintaining personal garden(s) Often	Maintaining personal garden(s) No Response
Maintaining community garden(s)	Maintaining community garden(s) Never	Maintaining community garden(s) Rarely	Maintaining community garden(s) Sometimes	Maintaining community garden(s) Often	Maintaining community garden(s) No Response
Cooking meals from scratch	Cooking meals from scratch Never	Cooking meals from scratch Rarely	Cooking meals from scratch Sometimes	Cooking meals from scratch Often	Cooking meals from scratch No Response
Preserving food for eating later (ie. canning, smoking, drying)	Preserving food for eating later (ie. canning, smoking, drying) Never	Preserving food for eating later (ie. canning, smoking, drying) Rarely	Preserving food for eating later (ie. canning, smoking, drying) Sometimes	Preserving food for eating later (ie. canning, smoking, drying) Often	Preserving food for eating later (ie. canning, smoking, drying) No Response
Gathering food or medicinal herbs	Gathering food or medicinal herbs Never	Gathering food or medicinal herbs Rarely	Gathering food or medicinal herbs Sometimes	Gathering food or medicinal herbs Often	Gathering food or medicinal herbs No Response
Cooking traditional foods	Cooking traditional foods Never	Cooking traditional foods Rarely	Cooking traditional foods Sometimes	Cooking traditional foods Often	Cooking traditional foods No Response
Hunting or fishing	Hunting or fishing Never	Hunting or fishing Rarely	Hunting or fishing Sometimes	Hunting or fishing Often	Hunting or fishing No Response

Other (please specify)

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* 3. How often do you eat fruits and vegetables?

At least once per day

At least 4 times per week

Up to 3 times per week

At least once per week

Rarely (once or twice per month)

Never

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* 4. How would you describe your eating habits?

Eat everything and anything

Only meat, no vegetables

Pescatarian (vegetarian + eating fish)

Vegetarian

Vegan

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Has your household gone without food in the past year?

Yes

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* 6. What is your biggest obstacle to accessing enough food for your household? (Please rank in order)

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* 7. How often do you go out to eat or use tv dinners / frozen pre-made meals each week?

At least once per week

Twice per week

Three times per week

Four times per week

Five times per week

Six times per week or more

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* 8. What is your favourite type of vegetable (rank from 1-18 for your favourite to least favourite. 1 would be your most favourite and 18 your least favourite).

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* 9. What are your favourite types of fruits (rank from 1-10 from your favourite to least favourite. 1 would be your most favourite, and 10 your least favourite).

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* 10. What is your favourite fruit and how often do you purchase per month?

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* 11. What is your favourite vegetable and how often do you purchase per month?

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* 12. Have you, or a household member visited a food pantry, food bank or other food assistance program in the past 3 months?

Yes

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* 13. How many days in the past month did you or a member of your household need food assistance?

0 days (Not Applicable)

1-2 days

3-5 days

6-8 days

9-12 days

12+ days

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* 14. If you could tell your community leaders anything about food, gardening or hunger issues in your community, what would you tell them?

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* 15. Do you have any experience in gardening or growing plants?

Extremely familiar

Very familiar

Somewhat familiar

Not so familiar

Not at all familiar

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* 16. Do you have any experience in forestry such as tree planting, harvesting, management or other activities? Please describe.

MFN is investigating the feasibility of a community-owned greenhouse that would produce fruits and vegetables, or tree seedlings for forestry, or perhaps both. This is a very preliminary investigation and construction may, or may not occur. Factors being considered on whether it is practical to implement this project include community support, financial resources, human resources and overall feasibility.

There are several sites being investigated for this operation, but it will likely be fairly large and could take up as much space as a soccer field. With that in mind, please respond to the following questions.

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* 17. Sites being considered for a larger commercial growing operation (food + tree seedlings) are being considered on Tremblay Flats or in Wawa. Where would you prefer the operation to be implemented?

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* 18. If a new operation for either food or tree growing (or both) were to happen, would you be interested in working at the operation?

Yes

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* 19. If the investigation determines that a large scale operation is not viable, would you support a smaller food growing operation near the residential area? (would be sized for community consumption, and may or may not be a business)

Yes

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* 20. Are you currently employed now?

Yes

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* 21. What age demographic is closest to your age group?

Under 18

18-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55+

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* 22. Where do you currently reside?

in MFN

Wawa

Hawk Junction

White River

Other (please specify)

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* 23. Do you have any comments on this survey, future growing operations or any other feedback that you would like to provide?

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* 24. Thank you for your responses! If you would like to enter into the survey draw, please fill in your name, email and / or phone number below.

Name

Email Address

Phone Number

Michipicoten First Nation

MFN Locally Produced Food Consumption Survey

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* 1. How important are fresh fruits or vegetables to you and / or your family?

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* 2. How often do you or someone in your household participate in the following Food Sovereignty activities in MFN?

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* 3. How often do you eat fruits and vegetables?

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* 4. How would you describe your eating habits?

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* 5. Has your household gone without food in the past year?

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* 6. What is your biggest obstacle to accessing enough food for your household? (Please rank in order)

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* 7. How often do you go out to eat or use tv dinners / frozen pre-made meals each week?

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* 8. What is your favourite type of vegetable (rank from 1-18 for your favourite to least favourite. 1 would be your most favourite and 18 your least favourite).

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* 9. What are your favourite types of fruits (rank from 1-10 from your favourite to least favourite. 1 would be your most favourite, and 10 your least favourite).

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* 10. What is your favourite fruit and how often do you purchase per month?

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* 11. What is your favourite vegetable and how often do you purchase per month?

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* 12. Have you, or a household member visited a food pantry, food bank or other food assistance program in the past 3 months?

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* 13. How many days in the past month did you or a member of your household need food assistance?

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* 14. If you could tell your community leaders anything about food, gardening or hunger issues in your community, what would you tell them?

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* 15. Do you have any experience in gardening or growing plants?

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* 16. Do you have any experience in forestry such as tree planting, harvesting, management or other activities? Please describe.

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* 17. Sites being considered for a larger commercial growing operation (food + tree seedlings) are being considered on Tremblay Flats or in Wawa. Where would you prefer the operation to be implemented?

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* 18. If a new operation for either food or tree growing (or both) were to happen, would you be interested in working at the operation?

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* 19. If the investigation determines that a large scale operation is not viable, would you support a smaller food growing operation near the residential area? (would be sized for community consumption, and may or may not be a business)

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* 20. Are you currently employed now?

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* 21. What age demographic is closest to your age group?

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* 22. Where do you currently reside?

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* 23. Do you have any comments on this survey, future growing operations or any other feedback that you would like to provide?

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* 24. Thank you for your responses! If you would like to enter into the survey draw, please fill in your name, email and / or phone number below.