Traditional ecological knowledge to traditional foods: The path to maintaining food sovereignty in Hutsulshchyna
Journal: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Year: 2022

The various ecosystems of the Carpathian Mountains spanning Europe, are a rich refuge for culturally important, endemic plant species as well as large carnivores. These biologically diverse landscapes are a principal source of subsistence to 16 million people, including various ethnographic groups. This paper focuses on a case study involving Hutsul communities, an ethnographic group of traditional pastoral highlanders, in the Southeastern Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine. Given ecosystem, climat