Veganism as a food movement from the standpoint of food justice and developing sustainable farming systems
The food movement has received impetus in both academic and public domains over the last decade. The need for substitute agriculture, as well as alternative food movement, started in the year 1970 as a response to the surging chemical and energy-intense forms of agriculture. The veganism food movement has tried to eradicate food producers and shift interest in organic gardening (Greenebaum, 356). Food movement was also elicited by the decreasing food quality and nutrition content as well as the increasing globalized agri-food systems.
The food justice movement received more prominence back in 2005 at the start of the environmental justice movement in 1990 as an alternative food system. The environmental justice system at this time was demeaned deficient of social justice fears (Gordon and Kathleen, 10). In an attempt to create a sustainable farming system. The local food movement has criticized the recognition of ways of addressing social justice concerns. The chemicals used in farms were unhealthy to the soil, air, plants, and animals. Globalization was relied on by the imperial system as food security hence became a threat to the environment.
Veganism was a reaction to the destruction, alienation, and disempowering effects of large political economies forces. Globalization was linked to problematic social injustices in treating workers in all sectors. For many consumers, industrialization and globalization in the agrifood symbolized the danger to environmental sustainability. Shifting to other none-agri-food products meant large input of chemicals to the environment.
Works Cited
Greenebaum, Jessica Beth. “Questioning the concept of vegan privilege: A commentary.” Humanity & Society 41.3 (2017): 355-372.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jessica_Greenebaum/publication/301310943_Questioning_the_Concept_of_Vegan_Privilege_A_Commentary/links/5be1dc8d4585150b2ba30067/Questioning-the-Concept-of-Vegan-Privilege-A-Commentary.pdf
Gordon, Constance, and Kathleen Hunt. “Reform, justice, and sovereignty: A food systems agenda for environmental communication.” Environmental Communication 13.1 (2019): 9-22.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17524032.2018.1435559