Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
PART VII
Building the Political Power to
Challenge the Foodopoly
Our nation has a history of large movements coming together to bring social change. Today a movement
for healthy, sustainable, and local food production is inspiring large numbers of people, who are voting with
their food dollars, organizing direct-marketing arrangements between farmers and eaters, and engaging in
many exciting initiatives to educate and excite people about changing the food system. The next step must
be politicizing food activists to engage in changing the federal farm and food policies that have resulted in
the dysfunctional food system. Re-creating a food system to benefit all Americans will require a range of
policy changes from enforcing antitrust law to regulating the marketing of junk food to children. Ultimately,
we must recognize that we share a global commons—and we must build the political power to protect it for
future generations.
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