Meagan completed her PhD on agricultural food sufficiency in Alberni-Clayoquot, Canada in 2023 found here:

https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0434226

Keywords:

food security; food justice; food sufficiency; food economics; food ethics; metaphysics of food; right to food; supply chain economics; regulatory ethics; food governance

Publications

Curtis, M.J., Bulkan, J. & Soma, T. (2023) Sovereign at heart: photovoice, food mapping and giving back in Alberni-Clayoquot, Food, Culture & Society

Curtis, M.J. & Bulkan, J. (2023) Making Sense of the Drift: Feeding a Population with Farmland Protection Legislation in British Columbia. BC Studies.218: 47-72.

Curtis, M.J. & Bulkan, J. 2022. Agritechnology in British Columbia & the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Faculty of Forestry Policy Brief, University of British Columbia, Canada https://forestry.ubc.ca/research/briefs/

Curtis, M.J. 2022. “Reflections from the Farm: The Culture and History of On-Farm Slaughter”. Blog Post (November 2, 2022). Network in Canadian History & Environment: https://niche-canada.org/2022/11/02/reflections-from-the-farm-the-culture-and-history-of-on-farm-slaughter/

Curtis, M.J. 2022. The roots of the ALR point a way to its future: Cooperation and collaboration are needed to protect farmland and farmers. 108:11. Countrylife in BC. Enderby, Canada.

Curtis, M. 2022. Will the future of food security be rooted in soil or software? Technology is reframing the regenerative agriculture conversation. 108:5. Countrylife in BC. Enderby, Canada.

Curtis, M. 2021. Photobook Celebrates Food Wisdom and Examines Food Security. Branchlines. 32.2: 19: https://forestry.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/bl-32.2.pdf

Soma, T., Shulman, T, Li, B, Bulkan, J,. Curtis, M. (2021). Food assets for whom? Community perspectives on food asset mapping in Canada. Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability.

Curtis, M.J. et al. (eds). 2021. Alberni-Clayoquot Photobook. SFU Food Systems Lab: Vancouver, BC. https://foodsystemslab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Port-Alberni-Photobook_Final.pdf

Curtis, M.J. & Ogura, S. 2020. Envisioning the Basics of Future of Food Security. Branchlines. 31.1: 16-17. https://forestry.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bl-31.1.pdf