The Nation’s September Issue Explores Food Justice

by Sonal Bains · 2009-09-05 09:00:00 UTC
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Move over, Anna Wintour! There’s a new September Issue on the stands. The Nation’s September 21 issue focuses on food democracy and is chock-full of action-oriented pieces that explore the food sovereignty movement in a holistic way. My major gripe with most pieces I read in mainstream publications on ‘green living’ and ‘organics’ is their tendency to place all of the onus on consumers by preaching lifestyle changes rather than driving conversations that address the root causes of the existing barriers to food democracy: fair food policy and corporate accountability. With great pieces by LaDonna Redmond, Alice Waters and Anna Lappe, the issue will be a catalyst for the magazine’s readers to envision what it will take to achieve a just food system through local, national and international movements.

"Food democracy is, in essence, the idea that workers and consumers should have meaningful control over what they produce and eat," said Betsy Reed, Executive Editor of The Nation. "With 'Food for All,' we're devoting a full issue to the question of how that vision can become a reality--looking at national and global policy but also highlighting local, grassroots efforts to solve the problem of inadequate access to good food."

Thank you, John Mackey for opening our eyes to the privileged, clueless ways in which many consumers approach food democracy and to The Nation for joining the sustainable food conversation with this stellar issue.

[Photo credit: Leufstedt]

Sonal Bains
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