Neoliberalism and the making of food politics in Eastern Ontario

The Intersection of Planning, Urban Agriculture, and Food Justice: A Review of the Literature

“…Critics, meanwhile, charge that focusing on urban agriculture as a solution to food injustice obscures the systemic conditions, including poverty, low wages, and income disparity, that produce food insecurity (Pudup, 2008 ;Weissman, 2015 ). The emphasis on "grow your own" reinforces self-help and government austerity arguments, absolving government of the responsibility to address the structural and institutional causes of food insecurity (Andrée, Ballamingie, & Sinclair-Waters, 2014 ;Donald, 2008 ;McClintock, 2014). One takeaway from this debate is that urban agriculture should be considered one way for some households to augment their weekly food needs and only part of an array of interventions needed to completely address food insecurity.…”

A food politics of the possible? Growing sustainable food systems through networks of knowledge

“…Table 3 sets out six sets of good practices from research in Canada (Column 2) and links them to the challenges shared by the WUF participants and the community food actors in Ontario and time pressures, including the need to streamline deliveries for efficiency. Wendy's in all its incarnations is an excellent example of a growing food provisioning business that advocates for, and educates about, local food systems (Andree et al 2014).…”

Future Food System Research Priorities: A Sustainable Food Systems Perspective from Ontario, Canada

“…This topic intersects with questions of power, class, and social justice through questions of "should" and "can" as we consider normative discourse in the context of grounded reality. (Andrée, Ballamingie, & Sinclair-Waters, 2013;Marsden et al, 2010). Further research with historically marginalized communities, including indigenous and racialized groups, women, and increasingly youth, is essential to understand the specificities of appropriate (self-)governance mechanisms (Alkon & Agyeman, 2011;Ballamingie & Walker, 2013;.…”