Bridging divides: constructing food sovereignty in Australia

Abstract

This paper presents an in-depth account of the motivations that inspired the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance to engage food sovereignty for food system change. Pointing to the tensions between the theory and practice of food sovereignty, we highlight the challenges of mobilizing food sovereignty within highly urbanized, consumer-dominated settings. We argue the need to overcome the dominant role of producers in constructing food sovereignty to open up spaces of action for the non-producing population. The spirit of solidarity food sovereignty has inspired needs to be held up and further expanded to build even stronger and lasting alliances between diverse actors.