From Insecurity to Sovereignty: A Vision for Food Justice
How we tell stories matters. The storyteller. The timing. The word choice. The form the story takes. It all matters, because stories shape how we see the world and how we envision our role in its shaping.
History is often told by the colonizer, yet that is only one perspective. And the story of our food, tied to so many other stories—of land, of war, of sovereignty and lack thereof, of agriculture, of water … of all the parts of who we are as people, as communities, as a nation—is rife with the myths, lies, and assumptions of the Europeans who colonized this land. In 2021, as we examine the events and stories of the past year, we need to reconsider, retell, and reinvent the stories told about our food systems, and understand how that storytelling has served to prop up these systems’ inherent injustices.
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By
A-dae Romero Briones, Nonprofit Quarterly
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Published
Feb 16, 2023
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Subject Area
- International Innovation
- Food Security and Nutritional Supports
- Food & Nutritional Support
- Non-profit / Charitable sector
- General Health and Wellness
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Audience
- Caregivers, Seniors & Volunteers
- Service Providers (Non-profits, Community Organizations, Local government)
- Government (Politicians, Policy Makers) and Health Authorities
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Category
- Best Practices
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