Divergence and Convergence in Alternative Agrifood Movements: Seeking a Path Forward

Abstract

As movements increase their focus on social justice, they can engage in critical reflection and dialogue to interrogate the nature of conditions of injustice and the causes behind these conditions. This would include examining how practices and discourses of racism, classism, and sexism – along with the ways they intersect – have shaped, reflect, and reproduce the food system. This process must privilege the participation, perspectives, and priorities of those who suffer from injustice. It can then best illuminate strategic definitions and pathways that can move toward transformation of a food system grounded in conditions of social justice.

Citation

Allen, P. (2014), "Divergence and Convergence in Alternative Agrifood Movements: Seeking a Path Forward", Alternative Agrifood Movements: Patterns of Convergence and Divergence (Research in Rural Sociology and Development, Vol. 21), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 49-68. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1057-192220140000021008