Food Democracy and Local Economy

Women must be front and center in order to solve the issue of food security. Vandana Shiva

Food Democracy and sovereignty is much more than knowing where our food comes form and having the local authority to say how we want it labeled. 

Food sovereignty involves issues with corporations, commodity speculation, water, GMOs’, land grabs, militarization, resource depletion, and climate change. These issues all follow from a global economy and free trade agreements based on “market fundamentals” that turn the people and resources of the planet into commodities to be owned and traded. Women around the world are developing and leading local community models to make sustainable food the accepted global paradigm. In the U.S., alternatives to corporate control of food production and distribution range from community gardens, school programs, CSA’s, food ordinances, GMO labeling, sustainable agriculture, protections for family farms and much more. Read more...