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The case for taking account of labor in sustainable food systems in the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2017

Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern
Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern*
Affiliation:
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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*Corresponding author: [email protected]
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Abstract

This commentary argues for strengthening research and analysis of food workers' rights as part of a more comprehensive sustainable food systems approach. Starting with a broad definition of sustainability, one which includes social, as well as ecological, and economic elements, the author outlines current critiques of alternative food movement actors. She then looks at existing food labor activism and successes, providing them as examples for how sustainable food movement actors and researchers should move forward.

Keywords

food laborsustainable foodfood movementsfood justiceworkers' rights
Type
Commentary
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Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems , Volume 32 , Issue 6 , December 2017 , pp. 576 - 578
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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