Critical food systems education (CFSE): educating for food sovereignty

Meek, David; Tarlau, Rebecca

doi:10.1080/21683565.2015.1130764

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“…The seven articles in this special issue highlight new thinking on how,-and under what conditions-, can pedagogies for food sovereignty and agroecology contribute to a community's political and physical control over food systems and the governance of their territories (Meek and Tarlau 2016). Many of the articles articulate and further elaborate some long standing principles of critical pedagogy, horizontal learning, transformative learning and other related traditions.…”

Section: The How: Pedagogical Underpinnings Of Learning For Transformmentioning

confidence: 99%

Introduction to the symposium on critical adult education in food movements: learning for transformation in and beyond food movements—the why, where, how and the what next?

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Section: The How: Pedagogical Underpinnings Of Learning For Transformmentioning

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Introduction to the symposium on critical adult education in food movements: learning for transformation in and beyond food movements—the why, where, how and the what next?

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“…In line with Vandermeer and Perfecto (2012), traditional knowledge from farmers and new knowledge generated in universities could be combined to form agroecological knowledge that is both deep and broad. We agree with Meek and Tarlau (2016) that critical food systems education, including praxis, policy, and pedagogy, is a path towards reflexive producers and consumers of agroecological products (Meek and Tarlau 2016). To grow consumer awareness of and demand for nationally-produced agroecological products, two avenues could be followed.…”

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Exploring barriers to the agroecological transition in Nicaragua: A Technological Innovation Systems Approach

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Klerkx

Poortvliet

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Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

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Latin America has historically been a vanguard of agroecology. In Nicaragua, an agroecological transition is occurring, with three decades of building a groundswell based on the farmerto-farmer movement and the recent institutionalization of agroecology in national law. Yet, problems remain with agroecology's diffusion. We introduce the Technological Innovation Systems approach to examine systemic barriers to the agroecological transition and cycles of blockages caused by barriers' interactions. Based on qualitative data from north-central Nicaragua, we find the main barriers hindering the agroecological transition include weak guidance of the search for agroecology, insufficient capacities and quantities of resources, and lacking market development. Beyond the Nicaragua case, the analysis points at the importance of using socio-technical systems analysis to better understand and address the root causes behind issues blocking national agroecological transitions.

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“…The Environmental Studies department offered the interdisciplinary course "Food and Sustainability" to introduce students to the Farm using the framework of sustainability. An assessment undertaken in this course sought to understand if volunteering at the Farm improved students' knowledge of sustainability and the food system as well as if it strengthened students' commitment to acting sustainably and transforming the food system, using frameworks established by Aftandilian and Dart (2013), Hilimire and co-authors (2014), and Meek and Tarlau (2016). We found that students became much more knowledgeable about sustainability, including about their own positions in the food system, food systems stakeholders, sustainable agriculture practices, and the competing sustainability demands within food systems (Green, 2021).…”

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Is the college farm sustainable? A reflective essay from Davidson College

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Martin

Ghartey-Tagoe

2020

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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Campus farms and gardens are proliferating across college and university campuses. While they may have unique missions, at their core those missions often include promoting student learning, campus sustainability, and strong campus-community relations. In this reflective essay, we share our perspective on the sustainability of one such farm, the Farm at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, to encourage other analysts to similarly assess the interactions among these missions and sustainability’s environmental, economic, and social pillars. We particularly emphasize the factors influencing the Farm’s social sustainability, including the institution’s pedagogical mission, treatment of farm labor, impact on the local food economy, and equitable provision of food for students. We find that the Farm administrators misconstrue “economic” sustainability as “financial” independence and profitability. This hampers the social mission of equitably supplying students with the farm’s food and offering curricular and extracurricular enrichment. We suggest ways forward that help administrators recognize the diverse values that fulfillment of additional social and environmental missions might provide, beyond direct revenues. We conclude with recommendations for institutions interested in pursuing a similar sustainability assessment of their campus farm or garden.

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Critical food systems education (CFSE): educating for food sovereignty

Cited by 78 publications

References 47 publications

Introduction to the symposium on critical adult education in food movements: learning for transformation in and beyond food movements—the why, where, how and the what next?

Introduction to the symposium on critical adult education in food movements: learning for transformation in and beyond food movements—the why, where, how and the what next?

Exploring barriers to the agroecological transition in Nicaragua: A Technological Innovation Systems Approach

Is the college farm sustainable? A reflective essay from Davidson College

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