Expanding food democracy: a perspective from the United States

Food democracy can be a tool to combat capitalist hegemony in the food system and increase citizen’s knowledge about alternatives to obtaining food from concentrated food businesses. But for food democracy to further democratic goals, it needs to help create these alternatives as transformational sp...

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Published inFrontiers in sustainable food systems Vol. 7
Main Author Anderson, Molly D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Frontiers Media S.A 27.04.2023
Subjects
corporate power
deliberative democracy
food sovereignty
markets
right to participate
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Summary:Food democracy can be a tool to combat capitalist hegemony in the food system and increase citizen’s knowledge about alternatives to obtaining food from concentrated food businesses. But for food democracy to further democratic goals, it needs to help create these alternatives as transformational spaces, seek genuine inclusion of underprivileged people in food system governance, and ensure that public forums for deliberation about the food system are active and respected by public institutions.
ISSN:2571-581X
2571-581X
DOI:10.3389/fsufs.2023.1144090