Essays about: "food sovereignty"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 45 essays containing the words food sovereignty.

  1. 16. Samisk mat i Västerbottens livsmedelsstrategi 2020-2030

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Isak Falk Eliasson; [2021]
    Keywords : matsuveränitet; food regime; food sovereignty; recognition; justice; governance; Saami; Sápmi;

    Abstract : Denna uppsats undersöker i vilken omfattning processen och resultatet av framtagandet av Västerbottens livsmedelsstrategi 2020-2030 inkluderat samiska aktörer och intressen. Analysen är baserad på strategidokumentet och ett antal semistrukturerade intervjuer med nyckelaktörer. READ MORE

  2. 17. “The whole concept is just a joke. A right to food?” A phenomenological study on state initiative in Vancouver’s food justice and sovereignty movement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Mason Ho-Young Chiu; [2021]
    Keywords : Food; Sovereignty; Justice; Indigeneity; Neoliberalism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is informed by a collection of discussions that highlight participant perspectives on Vancouver’s food justice and food sovereignty movement, mainstream food discourse in the city, and how the state’s institutional role is involved in prospects for the future. Vancouver, Canada constitutes an appropriate case as a dense, urban, and intensely commodified space with conspicuous pockets of concentrated food activism. READ MORE

  3. 18. Stories of Change: Alternative Food Networks in the Urban Setting of Zurich

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Patricia Catherine Schmid; [2021]
    Keywords : Food systems; alternative food networks; agriculture; sustainability; good living; food sovereignty; pluriverse; Zurich; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Food is political: from seed over production to distribution and consumption. Large scale agriculture infused multi-layered social, ecological, and economic issues. The need to change the dominant food system approach is widely recognised. Alternatives in food production and distribution emerged and persisted over time. READ MORE

  4. 19. Bridging the gap between food production and consumption : how alternative food networks forage the Berlin Foodscape

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Magdalena Knobel; [2021]
    Keywords : alternative food networks; foodscape; local food; inclusion; participation; urban food policy;

    Abstract : Venturing into bridging the gap between food production and consumption, metropolitan Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) are increasingly gaining momentum in the Global North. Nevertheless, people interested and participating in these initiatives form a rather homogenous group of highly educated and better-off consumers. READ MORE

  5. 20. Flags don’t feed people: nationalism and agri-culture in the UK : a critical framing analysis of nationalism as it appears in British agri-cultural discourse in the context of Brexit

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Anoushka Carter; [2020]
    Keywords : Nationalism; agriculture; ecological patriotism; far right; neoliberal capitalism; ecomodernism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As Europe witnesses a rise in support of the far-right, more attention is being paid to why nationalistic sentiment is gaining popularity, particularly amongst rural populations. However, less known is how nationalism interacts with pressing ecological issues, even less so with agricultural matters. READ MORE