Learn about the Principles and Approaches of Food Sovereignty

What alternatives exist to the industrial food system? What principles, frameworks, and approaches guide transformative change?
This step introduces users to the core ideas behind food sovereignty, agroecology, and community alternatives that challenge corporate-controlled food systems.

DEEP JUST TRANSITION AND CLIMATE JUSTICE

Explores the vision for a new food sovereignty commons system in the context of worsening climate shocks and failing globalised food systems. Food sovereignty is a systemic alternative to achieve climate justice and give us all power over the food system.

BUILDING FROM BELOW

Explore the approaches, ranging from community-led movements to civil society interventions, that challenge the industrial food system through the principles of food sovereignty and the commons.

COMMONS AND COMMONING

Explores how land, water, seeds, biodiversity, creative labour, energy, public goods, culture and the earth system provide life enabling systems as the basis to build food sovereignty commons systems through the practice of commoning.

AGROECOLOGY

Explore the science of agroecology, which are a set of farming practices that work with natural ecosystems, emphasizing biodiversity, soil health, and ecological balance to create resilient and climate just food systems.

AGROFORESTRY

Explore agroforestry’s role in strengthening communities and ecosystems, through the use of trees, crops and livestock to build resilient food systems. Through supporting biodiversity, and improving livelihoods, agroforestry empowers communities to reclaim their agency over their food and land.

ZERO WASTE AND LOCAL FOOD NETWORKS

Explore how communities, households and producers are forging connections through local markets, solidarity economy cooperatives and shared distribution systems to advance food sovereignty and challenge corporate controlled food systems..

FOOD SOVEREIGNTY FOR THE RIGHT TO FOOD

Engage with practical strategies and resources that are designed to empower communities to claim their right to healthy, culturally appropriate and just food systems.