Three Strategies to Foster Diversity in the Food Movement

Abstract

Citation: King, H. (2015). Three strategies to foster diversity in the food movement. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 5(4) AbstractThis commentary explores strategies for coalitionbuilding and reallocating resources across racial divides within alternative food systems. Following analysis of a set of public conversations held in Atlanta, Georgia, in spring 2015, I identify three strategies that may promote greater diversity: (1) the allocation of institutional and academic resources beyond historically privileged spaces; (2) the development of a shared historical context for framing and shaping collaborative, antiracist work; and (3) the commitment of policy-makers to execute the ideas of food producers. These strategies, pursued in conjunction, may aid in addressing regional and neighborhood discrepancies in representation in food system leadership and also foster a stronger, antiracist alternative food system.