The Food Movement: Growing White Privilege, Diversity, or Empowerment?

Moore, Kelly; Swisher, Marilyn E.

doi:10.5304/jafscd.2015.054.013

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“…Altruism, kindness and care, I have learnt, however, coincide with racism, paternalism and systems of poverty governance. The food movement, and indeed the dietetic/nutrition profession workforce, (White, 2013) most often reflects white, middle class interests, and can ignore or even reject the interests and cultural histories of diverse populations when establishing what constitutes 'good food' (Moore and Swisher, 2015). This makes me very uncomfortable, especially in the knowledge that COVID-19 has illuminated the classism and racism already embedded within our unequal food system (Alkon et al, 2020).…”

Section: On Foodways and Privilegementioning

confidence: 99%

“…This requires systemic change that embraces diversity and respects the variability in foodways ('choices') within our society. Such a model would liberate both the underrepresented and underserved, advocating with rather than for disadvantaged communities, as well as the elite, and the result will be more equitable and lasting solutions to complex social problems in the food system (Moore and Swisher, 2015). It would also present new opportunities for dietitians and nutrition professionals (Pettinger 2018;Carlsson et al, 2019).…”

Section: On Foodways and Privilegementioning

confidence: 99%

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A creative response to food issues during the Covid-19 lockdown: Singing over the anger

Pettinger¹

2021

Crit Diet

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Section: On Foodways and Privilegementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: On Foodways and Privilegementioning

confidence: 99%

A creative response to food issues during the Covid-19 lockdown: Singing over the anger

Pettinger¹

2021

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“…While the engagement of actors in different venues is driven by different, sometimes mixed and not always political concerns, the concept of empowerment appears to be an important reference point for both scientific observers and involved practitioners when it comes to determining the objective of these venues (Moore & Swisher, 2015;Renting et al, 2012). Starting from this interpretation, we seek to draw a more differentiated picture of the forms of empowerment associated with these venues.…”

Section: Forms Of Food-related Empowermentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Empowerment is thus seen as contributing to a more democratic and sustainable food system (Fernandez-Wulff, 2019;Hassanein, 2003;Lacy, 2000;Petetin, 2016). In practice, we can see that empowerment has become a central claim and reference point for various actors and their actions to transform the existing food system (Moore & Swisher, 2015;Renting, Schermer, & Rossi, 2012). A multitude of venues and practices have emerged in the food system to develop people's capacities for dealing with food issues and change existing food systems.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Empowering People—Democratising the Food System? Exploring the Democratic Potential of Food-Related Empowerment Forms

Bornemann

Weiland

2019

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The current food system, characterised by considerable concentrations of economic and political power, is widely regarded as undemocratic and in many respects unsustainable in its outcomes. To address the democratic deficits in the food system, empowerment has become a central claim and point of reference for actors seeking to transform the system. In fact, numerous venues and practices have emerged in recent years to develop people’s capacities to engage with food issues. These range from local food initiatives and health-food movements to food policy councils and government education policies. This article takes a closer look at the theory and practice of democratic empowerment in the food system. It explores whether and how different forms of food-related empowerment have the potential to improve the democratic quality of the food system. Based on a broad analytical understanding of empowerment that is combined with a notion of power-based complex democracy, it is argued that different forms of food-related empowerment promote the development of different types of power, which in turn are constitutive for different functions of the democratic process. From this perspective, the challenge of democratising the food system lies in linking different complementary empowerment practices into functioning configurations of complex democratic governance.

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“…Food movements bring together a diverse collection of actors, practices, and discourses which food systems scholar, Gail Feenstra (2002), describes as "a collaborative effort to build more locally based, self-reliant food economies-one in which sustainable food production, processing, distribution, and consumption [are] integrated to enhance the economic, environmental, and local health of a particular place" (p. 100). While they have long sought more sustainable ways of relating to the land (Blay-Palmer, 2010;Feenstra, 2002), in the past decade food movements have increasingly begun to address social inequalities reproduced in movements that have been dominated by White, middle-class actors (Garzo Montalvo, 2015;Guthman, 2008;Kepkiewicz & Rotz, 2018;Matties, 2016;Moore & Swisher, 2015;Slocum, 2006). 3 Food movements provide particularly poignant sites for the work of reconciliation for two reasons.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Resurgence, refusal, and reconciliation through food movement organizations: A case study of Food Secure Canada’s 2018 Assembly

Elliott¹,

Mulrennan²,

Cuerrier

2021

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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Indigenous food systems have been sites of deliberate and sustained disruption in the service of the settler colonial project on Turtle Island. The revitalization of traditional foodways is a powerful and popular means through which Indigenous Peoples are practicing cultural and political resurgence. We are at a crucial moment of societal reckoning reinforced by recent anti-racist uprisings and Indigenous Land Back actions. In this context, food movements have an important role to play in addressing ongoing colonial impacts on Indigenous food systems by supporting Indigenous Food Sovereignty as a way to advance reconciliation between settlers and Indigenous Peoples. Since its founding in 2005, Food Secure Canada (FSC) has become a national leader in food movements in Canada and its biennial Assembly is arguably the largest food movement event in the country. Despite its sustained engagement with Indigenous Peoples and significant efforts toward inclusion, its 2018 Assembly saw Indigenous people, Black people, and other people of color expressing important concerns, culminating in a walk-out on the last day. To understand how these events might guide transformative reconciliation in and through food movements, we analyzed 124 post-Assembly qualitative questionnaires, held 10 interviews, and analyzed organizational archives, in addition to conducting participant observation throughout the following year. This research portrays the actions taken at the Assembly to be a refusal of settler structures and processes, and the creation of a caucus space for Indigenous people, Black people, and other people of color as an act of resurgence. Engagement with FSC by a number of those involved with the protests throughout the year that followed, and the resultant commitment to center decolonization in FSC’s work, reveal the intimate connection between resurgence and reconciliation. These acts of generative refusal and resurgence are an essential part of efforts toward reconciliation without assimilation, aligned in a shared struggle toward the decolonized futures at the heart of food sovereignty for all.

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The Food Movement: Growing White Privilege, Diversity, or Empowerment?

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

A creative response to food issues during the Covid-19 lockdown: Singing over the anger

A creative response to food issues during the Covid-19 lockdown: Singing over the anger

Empowering People—Democratising the Food System? Exploring the Democratic Potential of Food-Related Empowerment Forms

Resurgence, refusal, and reconciliation through food movement organizations: A case study of Food Secure Canada’s 2018 Assembly

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