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Mind Map # 5, Food Justice: Less empathize of human rights, Movements of…
Mind Map # 5
Reading #10 - Urban food sovereignty post COVID 19 future
COVID-19 brought attention to challenges within the industrial food system in the U.S
Such as
Supply, Distribution, Food Access, Workers being underpaid, Poor working conditions
Post pandemic, we must work towards creating a more sovereign food system
One which prioritizes
Food for people, values food providers, localizes food systems, brings control locally, builds knowledge and skills, and works with nature
Some Ideas:
"Our post-pandemic food system will stand upon the three pillars of sustainability: ecological health, social justice and economic viability."
https://www.nfu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2020-06-16-Envisioning-a-More-Resilient-Food-System.pdf
"The sustainability, security, and stability of our food supply; democratic decision-making, and fair incomes for both food providers and consumers must be at the centre of our post-pandemic food system.
https://www.nfu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2020-06-16-Envisioning-a-More-Resilient-Food-System.pdf
Concepts
Food Sovereignty: Human Rights based
Food Sovereignty emphasizes the reclamation of identities of food insecure people by their participation in the implementation of food systems
Food sovereignty in urban areas can be seen in urban agriculture, gardens, farmers markets, etc
COVID-19, has made the food system bottlenecks become more apparent
During and after Covid, people began to realize that urban agriculture can play a role in increasing urban food sovereignty in the U.S food system
An example of how to increase urban food sovereignty is through understanding
Politicization of direct-to-consumer models provides hope for future contributions to food sovereignty
Due to
Covid making urbanites seek out direct-to-consumer relationships
Now
The rural-urban physical interface can advertise new opportunities for mutual learning about food sovereignty and agroecology.
Food production in cities predicted to become essential in the sense that it has a big potential to increase food sovereignty
Urban Agriculture initiatives trying to empower landless urban residents to grow their own food
Home and Community gardens are very important for the survival and independence of marginalized communities
Luckily
One of the positive outcomes of COVID-19 was that it expanded the interest for gardening
Even with rules in place during Covid, community gardens were able to create healthy and safe rules to stay in operation
Which shows
The importance of gardening as a safe and secure local route to food sovereignty
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Which resulted in
The development of a 'cooperative gardens commission'
With volunteers that aid in connecting people to land, soil and labor resources
Urban and Peri-Urban local production is a present necessity
Due to
Tariff battles of food import/export causing shortages in large cities
Urban political agroecology being used to challenge capitalist urbanism
Reading #9 - Indigenous Food Sovereignty-A Model for Social learning
Indigenous eco-philosophy
Indigenous food sovereignty and food security
Through
Social learning of traditional
Knowledge
Must be updated with the times to avoid the traditions being stuck in the past
in order to acheive this we must
Build relationships and space to promote understanding of needs of different groups
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Values
Wisdom
Practices
Sacred of Divine sovereignty
Upholding sacred relationship with nature
Participation
Participation in land based activities
Self-Determination
Freedom over cultural practices
Legislation and policy
Restorative framework to bridge gap between traditions and mainstream economic activities
traditional harvesters could face civil and criminal charges
sustainable systems of forest and stream management
right to trade skins and pelts to secure a moderate livelihood
Challenges
High rates of poverty
Socio-economic marginalization
can be remedied through
Community based economies
Threats to food supply
declining access to high quality anfd culturally adapted foods
Declining health of communities linked to food insecurity
Divisions in values and traditions between tribes which makes it easier for government to divide
Dissolution of multiples social structures such as community networks and ties to extended family
less people to take part in culturally important food related activities (hunting, fishing, harvesting, preserving)
Can be remedied through
Nuturing relationships with the land, culture and spirituality
Importance of cultural practices like pow-wows for upkeeping cultural practices and community networks
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/fr/article/les-pow-wow-editorial
Dignified relationships to the land and food system
No control over nature, just living with nature
More value on ecology than on economics
Global food systems
highly mechanistic
linear food production
Creates vulnerabilities in the food systems
Highly industrialized
Promotes a mindset of control over nature
linked to
Environmental degradation
Rapid depletion of Salmon populations
Huge ecological impact of smaller salmon runs, tree growth rings have been analysed and big salmon run years are linked to larger growth rings due to increase of nitrogen caused by salmon decompostion.
Reimchen, T. E., & Arbellay, E. (2019). Influence of spawning salmon on tree-ring width, isotopic nitrogen, and total nitrogen in old-growth Sitka spruce from coastal British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 49(9), 1078-1086.
Many prime agricultural lands are on traditional indigenous harvesting lands
Techno-bureaucratic approach
destructive industrial economic activities
By Ella Gillies and Elora Michaud
Food Justice: Less empathize of human rights
A social condition considering where one's next meal will come from
Does not address control of food access, production, or distribution
Social movement that looks to address injustices on race and class
Develops strategies to provide food access to marginalized groups
Movements of culturally important plant and animal species, and climate events that change the conditions of indigenous food systems
to fix this we must adopt alternate social ideals
Decolonize land and food systems
By
Valuing goods through social and ecological justice values, fostering "ecology of care," and creating a socialized urban infrastructure
Initiatives should be supported due to
COVID-19 affecting the U.S food supplies