User:DonaldRichardSands/Arctic food security

Food security in the Canadian arctic
Food security refers to a household's physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that fulfills the dietary needs and food preferences of that household for living an active and healthy life.

The World Health Organization defines food security as having three facets:


 * Food availability, having available sufficient quantities of food on a consistent basis.
 * food access, having sufficient resources, both economic and physical, to obtain appropriate foods for a nutritious diet.
 * food use, the appropriate use based on knowledge of basic nutrition and care, as well as adequate water and sanitation.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) adds a fourth facet: the stability of the first three dimensions of food security over time.