Look at the food prices in Nunavut, Canada $20 for milk

Hi- I ran across this article in the couponing blog that I frequent the most, and thought it was interesting. This article is about the price of food in Nunavut, Canada, where there are only about 32,000 residents for an area larger than Alaska, and all the food must either be flown in, or brought in by boat. Peppers go for $16 a piece just to give you an example, and milk is $20 a gallon. There are several women that live in the region, who have started a facebook campaign, to make other people aware of how expensive food is there. Part of the problem is that it is expensive to transport food there, and that there is no competition up there. The weather up there will not allow people to grow food there, although there is some hunting that takes place up there. Here is the link.

http://www.jillcataldo.com/nunavut_food_prices

It makes me appreciate how little I spend on food here. Hope this helps, Nancy

We travelled to Innuvik via the Dempster HWY two years ago and the prices along the way were pretty expensive. Everything is transported in and the gas (except for the subsidized rates offered only to the Indians) was really high. We did a lot of meal splitting and snack sharing. In Innuvik, we could not find local fish even though were were close to the ocean and rivers.

Elfin wrote:We travelled to Innuvik via the Dempster HWY two years ago and the prices along the way were pretty expensive. Everything is transported in and the gas (except for the subsidized rates offered only to the Indians) was really high. We did a lot of meal splitting and snack sharing. In Innuvik, we could not find local fish even though were were close to the ocean and rivers.

I guess that I have been reading a LOT of Alaskan blogs.

Most Alaskan produce a lot of their own food. They spend much of the year putting away a lot of fish, moose, dear, and the like. In the southern portion of the state, despite the short growing season, gardens are fairly popular and very productive.

For example, from Kotzebue:

http://finnskimo.blogspot.com/2012/03/h ... ngues.html


What is also interesting is the price inconsistencies throughout the state. Check out the various flyers at:

http://acvaluecenter.com/flyers/large_fz1_21.pdf

Just for a FYI, here is a map of where Nunavut is along with some basic info.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunavut