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This paper demonstrates the need for a more holistic and anti-racist approach to local alternativ... more This paper demonstrates the need for a more holistic and anti-racist approach to local alternative food practice in the U.S. that would aim to meet the needs of the most marginalized: women, people of color, lowincome peoples, immigrant peoples, and rural/small-farm holders. First, I define three major food discourses: community/food security, food sovereignty and food justice. Second, I focus on the current state and framing of the food alternatives system and network of emergency food resources in Seattle, WA. Third, I add to previous work done about space, whiteness, and privilege in the food alternatives movement and its exclusionary practices. Lastly, I consider conceptualizations of privilege and whiteness in order to critique the three aforementioned discourses. The goal of this paper is to widen the language of local alternative food work and create a framework that would aim to meet the autonomy and needs of those disproportionately affected by industrial food practices.
This paper demonstrates the need for a more holistic and anti-racist approach to local alternativ... more This paper demonstrates the need for a more holistic and anti-racist approach to local alternative food practice in the U.S. that would aim to meet the needs of the most marginalized: women, people of color, lowincome peoples, immigrant peoples, and rural/small-farm holders. First, I define three major food discourses: community/food security, food sovereignty and food justice. Second, I focus on the current state and framing of the food alternatives system and network of emergency food resources in Seattle, WA. Third, I add to previous work done about space, whiteness, and privilege in the food alternatives movement and its exclusionary practices. Lastly, I consider conceptualizations of privilege and whiteness in order to critique the three aforementioned discourses. The goal of this paper is to widen the language of local alternative food work and create a framework that would aim to meet the autonomy and needs of those disproportionately affected by industrial food practices.