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What Does It Mean To Do Food Justice?, Kirsten Valentine Cadieux, Rachel Slocum
What Does It Mean To Do Food Justice?, Kirsten Valentine Cadieux, Rachel Slocum
College of Liberal Arts All Faculty Scholarship
'Food justice' and 'food sovereignty' have become key words in food movement scholarship and activism. In the case of 'food justice', it seems the word is often substituted for work associated with projects typical of the alternative or local food movement. We argue that it is important for scholars and practitioners to be clear on how food justice differs from other efforts to seek an equitable food system. In the interests of ensuring accountability to socially just research and action, as well as mounting a tenable response to the 'feed the world' paradigm that often sweeps aside concerns with justice …