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“So That Humanity Can Continue”: Indigenous Interventions With Colonial Farming Practices, Kristen Brown
“So That Humanity Can Continue”: Indigenous Interventions With Colonial Farming Practices, Kristen Brown
The World of Food: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on What We Eat and Grow
A Dodge Ram commercial from the 2014 Super Bowl drew criticism for its shameless pandering to middle America’s nostalgia for the family farm, a powerful memory-image embedded in the United States’ historical narrative. The domestically-inflected term “family farm,” however, elides the corporate control of agri-business and its highly raced, profit-driven global designs. The ideological underpinnings of the midwestern family farm might be traced to the late nineteenth century’s treatment of the American Indian. Erratic and subjective changes in federal policy regarding land and water use, illustrated by the Dawes Allotment Act (1887) and Winters Doctrine (1908), continue to influence questions …
Food Sovereignty And Economic Policy In Charlotte, Nc, Katherine Metzo
Food Sovereignty And Economic Policy In Charlotte, Nc, Katherine Metzo
The World of Food: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on What We Eat and Grow
In this paper, I argue that community-wide strategies towards food sovereignty must be incorporated into discussions of economic policy in order to eliminate the problem of “food deserts.” I offer a case study analysis with recommendations of specific policy measures for Charlotte that will support the expansion of successful food sovereignty initiatives that drive economic development.