Hunted, Harvested and Homegrown: The Twillingate Story

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Hunted, Harvested and HomegrownThe Twillingate
Story

• Results from the
• 2001 Household Survey
• Tom Beckley

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What we asked about

• What do you eat that you do not buy?
• Wild fruits/veggies
• Domestic (homegrown) fruits and veggies
• Wild game (hunted meat, fish, eggs)
• Domestic animals (raised meat, fish, eggs)
• Do you heat with wood?
• Do you raise/hunt/harvest yourself?
• Are you given or do you trade for these goods?

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What are we talking about?
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• Percentage of sample that eats vegetables (not
  purchased)

Do Twillingaters eat their vegetables? Yes!
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Source of most domestic vegetables
Many of those veggies are shared/given
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Percentage of sample that eats berries (not
purchased)
Leading the nation in participation in berry
eating
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Percentage of fruits and vegetables not purchased
with cash (among consumers)
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Percentage of sample that eats domestic meat (not
purchased with cash)
Very few Twillingaters raise their own meat
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Percentage of sample that eats wild game
90 of Twillingaters eat wild game, highest in
the entire sample
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Percentage of household meat consumption from
non-purchased sources
Over a quarter of all meat consumed in
Twillingate is from non-purchased sources
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Percentage of sample that heats their home with
wood
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Twillingate Summary of Findings Which things do
we get on our own?