Beyond the Modernisation Paradigm: Elements of a Food Sovereignty Discourse in Farmer Protest Movements and Alternative Food Networks in Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 754-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Maria Bilewicz
Keyword(s):  
Food Sovereignty ◽  
Alternative Food ◽  
Alternative Food Networks ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
Food Networks

scholarly journals Towards Producer-Consumer Cooperation: Collective Learning in Alternative Food Networks as a Food Sovereignty Practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 49-73
Author(s):  
Magdalena Popławska
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Informal Education ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food Sovereignty ◽  
Collective Learning ◽  
Alternative Food ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Alternative Food Networks ◽  
Food Networks

The paper analyses collective learning strategies aimed at the transformation of food systems in the framework of food sovereignty, in the context of such key issues as environmental sustainability, socially just relations in diversified economy, and citizen participation in food systems governance. In particular, the author proposes to focus on the systematisation created by Colin R. Anderson, Chris Maughan and Michel P. Pimbert on the basis of their qualitative and action research undertaken for the purpose of developing the European Agroecology Knowledge Exchange Network (EAKEN). The network is part of the broader process of knowledge circulation led by the La Via Campesina movement, which has introduced the concept of food sovereignty into wider public debates. The main objective of EAKEN is to strengthen bottom-up learning strategies and informal education processes in the field of agroecology, which is defined through reference to sustainable farming practices and their recognised transformative potential. The author considers the pillars of transformative agroecology learning identified by the above-mentioned researchers in combination with various approaches in social movement learning and critical pedagogy. The analysis recognises that the evolving concept of food sovereignty covers both rural and urban fields of activity, emphasising the connections between producers, workers, consumers and social activists. Consequently, this paper contributes to the discussion on the educational practices present in alternative food networks (AFNs). As studies indicate, although new AFNs in Poland are often inspired by initiatives created in Western Europe and USA, they adopt forms that depend on the local context. The analysis of learning strategies associated with such networks, taking into account different forms of power relations, as well as emerging opportunities and constraints, allows areas for future research to be identified.

scholarly journals Organising Alternative Food Networks (AFNs): Challenges and Facilitating Conditions of different AFN types in three EU countries

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Poças Ribeiro ◽  
Robert Harmsen ◽  
Giuseppe Feola ◽  
Jesús Rosales Carréon ◽  
Ernst Worrell
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Food ◽  
Alternative Food Networks ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Food Networks ◽  
Facilitating Conditions
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