Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19363
Title: Enacting food sovereignty: values and meanings in the act of domestic food production in urban Australia
Contributor(s): Larder, Nicolette  (author)orcid ; Lyons, Kristen (author); Woolcock, Geoff (author)
Publication Date: 2014
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2012.716409
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19363
Abstract: This article brings to light one aspect of alternative agri-food practices by exploring the values and meanings domestic food producers associate with their actions, thereby making a small contribution to increasing understanding of the act of urban backyard food production. While Australian backyards have long been productive spaces, there has been little examination of this phenomenon in the Australian context. Limited quantitative data give some insight into the extent of domestic production, and while there is an increasing interest in certain aspects of the local food system, including community gardens and farmers markets, there is a dearth of literature that explores the contemporary act of domestic production. This work seeks to situate the act of domestic production within the broader movement calling for change within the global food system, particularly that being articulated by the food sovereignty movement. Drawing on Gibson-Graham's diverse economies framework, and through interviews with eight domestic food producers in one Australian city, this work finds that the act of growing food at home offers space for hope - where small acts can be seen as part of the broader food sovereignty movement seeking to remake our food system.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Local Environment, 19(1), p. 56-76
Publisher: Routledge
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 1469-6711
1354-9839
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 160403 Social and Cultural Geography
160404 Urban and Regional Studies (excl. Planning)
120504 Land Use and Environmental Planning
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 440404 Political economy and social change
440406 Rural community development
330404 Land use and environmental planning
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society
970112 Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280123 Expanding knowledge in human society
280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studies
280104 Expanding knowledge in built environment and design
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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