Hunted Harvested and Homegrown The Twillingate Story Results

Hunted, Harvested and Homegrown: The Twillingate Story Results from the 2001 Household Survey Tom Beckley

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?

What are we talking about?

Percentage of sample that eats vegetables (not purchased) Do Twillingaters eat their vegetables? Yes!

Source of most domestic vegetables Many of those veggies are shared/given

Percentage of sample that eats berries (not purchased) Leading the nation in participation in berry eating

Percentage of fruits and vegetables not purchased with cash (among consumers)

Percentage of sample that eats domestic meat (not purchased with cash) Very few Twillingaters raise their own meat

Percentage of sample that eats wild game 90% of Twillingaters eat wild game, highest in the entire sample

Percentage of household meat consumption from nonpurchased sources Over a quarter of all meat consumed in Twillingate is from non-purchased sources

Percentage of sample that heats their home with wood

Twillingate: Summary of Findings Which things do we get on our own?