Abstract
This research was designed to better understand the concept of food democracy through analysis of a particular community food initiative in Missoula, Montana. An analytical framework identifying some key dimensions of food democracy is posited and then examined through in-depth research into a partnership that involves university students working on a community farm to produce food for distribution to low-income people through the food bank and to members of a community supported agriculture arrangement. Organizations collaborate to affect change they could not achieve on their own and create opportunities for meaningful participation by individuals involved in various facets of the food initiative.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 286-308 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2008 |
Funding
The author is grateful to Lita Furby, Teresa Welsh, Garden City Harvest, and the Missoula Food Bank for their many valuable contributions to this research, to the editors and reviewers for their helpful comments, and to the University Grant Program at the University of Montana for financial support.
Keywords
- Citizen participation
- Collaborative action
- Community farm
- Community supported agriculture
- Food banks
- Food citizenship
- Food democracy
- Food system
