Bio-districts are a practical example of a sustainable food system, which uses
agroecological principles as tools for rural development. This research aims to understand …

This special issue comes out of a 3-day international conference hosted at Carleton
University (located on the traditional, unceded territories of the Algonquin nation (Ottawa …

This article examines the challenges surrounding the adoption of robotic automation and
'AgTech'in glasshouse agrifood production and considers ways in which growers and …

Intimacy suggests familiar, close-up knowing, resulting in emotional attachment to another.
Such affective encounters occur between domestic gardeners and their plants, but what …

Although being essential to sustaining food production, migrant workers continuously find
themselves at the bottom of the social and power hierarchy in food and agrarian systems …

The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare many of societies' existing social and economic
inequalities, one of which is illustrated in the challenges facing food and farm workers …

Indigenous scholars and their allies increasingly contribute to food systems debates and
practices through pursuing and interrogating ideas of Indigenous food sovereignty. This …

The United Kingdom (UK) has a serious food problem. It is the world's sixth largest economy,
yet according to the Food Foundation 7.2 million adults (13.6 per cent of households) …

The debate on the role of family farmers in global food security often overlooks deep
mythologies that shape our understanding of the food system and constrain our policy …

This Capstone concerns the social problem of economic injustice in the contemporary food
system. Economic injustice is prevalent throughout the food system, including problems of …