Food justice, intersectional agriculture, and the triple food movement

Social justice-oriented narratives in European urban food strategies: Bringing forward redistribution, recognition and representation

“…In terms of the 'who', it is striking how European UFSs seem to mainly define their target groups based on their role in the food supply chain, organisation type or age, whereas the living areas, backgrounds and lifestyles of communities and individuals are rarely touched upon. European cities seem to shy away from (similar finding in the context of the United Kingdom by Coulson and Milbourne 2020) drawing attention to issues of intersectionality within urban food systems (Smith 2019), and rather present policy measures as being designed and accessible 'for all', making sure not to step on anyone's toes.…”

Assemblage, food justice, and intersectionality in rural Mississippi: the Oktibbeha Food Policy Council

“…In this article, we acknowledge and build on the concepts of food sovereignty, food justice, intersectionality, and assemblage of agri-food systems as an alternative to the current neoliberal food regime (Pechlaner and Otero 2010). In the same vein, we also highlight the importance of exploring racial and socioeconomic disparities that might be missing by well-intentioned alternative food systems movements (see Flora et al 2012;Thompson 2016;Smith 2019). Even the food justice movements and researchers have devoted little effort to unraveling existing intersectionalities between race and class within local food efforts.…”

“…As we mentioned above, the food justice literature highlights the benefits that community-based initiatives can offer to local people, especially for historically disadvantaged and/or marginalized communities of color (see Allen 2010; Alkon and Agyeman 2011a, 2011b; Holt-Gim enez 2011; Mares and Alkon 2011). Thus, food justice is an intersectional response and approach that aims to deconstruct how race, class, and place (among other characteristics) are critically related to aspects of food production and consumption (Alkon and Agyeman 2011a;Smith 2019). We acknowledge that the food justice movement might be related to the mainstream food movement (see Smith 2019) but we emphasize its intersectional approach represents a way to resist social injustices even under complex realities and uncertain outcomes (Thompson 2016).…”

“…to work toward these goals but with an explicit commitment to connecting local limited resource minority farmers with local low-income residents who needed better access to fresh and healthy food. MSU members participating in the OFPC were aware that sometimes AFMs embracing food justice could create other systems of oppression that can negatively affect historically marginalized groups of color (see Thompson 2016;Smith 2019). Consequently, the bottom-up approach used at the meetings not only created new spaces for participation but also facilitated community-based decisions and mobilization of resources to tackle food insecurity and local farmers' struggles.…”

“…Based on this experience, we believe attention to intersectionality, and specifically to racial and socio-economic disparities should be prioritized by scholars and practitioners trying to develop community-based initiatives in places with populations historically segregated, but only, if these aspects become salient necessities and/or desires by local actors. While some scholars (e.g., Flora et al 2012;Thompson 2016;Smith 2019) highlight how using or incorporating concepts like local food or food justice could perpetuate or create new systems of oppression by dominant or affluent groups (e.g., scholars or white activists), this case study reveals how intersectionality and food justice can become "naturally" salient when they are locally highlighted as systemic and structural needs and are prioritized not only by community-engaged scholars but also by historically marginalized groups involved in these initiatives. In this case, the partnership between communityengaged scholars (sociologists, social workers, agronomists, and community developers, among others) and community stakeholders composed of a significant number of women and people of color (i.e.…”