SOC 3105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Food Sovereignty, Agroecology, Food Security
17 Dec 2020
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Demands for change at multiple levels: food sovereignty instead of food security, goes beyond concept of food security (which is about output & use, focuses on the power to grow, process, distribute, acquire, & consume the necessary food for a healthy life: against centralized control over inputs, grown out of grassroots movement, such as those associated with la via campesina in world food summit, Diversity of food systems: alternative conceptions of agri, such as various types of agroecology, including permaculture & regenerative agri. Fewer studies highlight the broader gains & risks from pa, beyond a narrow focus on enviro & eco (cf. Fewer studies examine how food systems can bring along w/ them several social, ethical & enviro implications for farmers. & other social actors in the food system. Issues concerning equity & justice are very much front & center of food system transformation debates.
