Students’ Association of MacEwan University

FOOD SOVEREIGNTY

All people deserve access to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and to define their own food and agricultural systems.

FOOD SOVEREIGNTY

THE PRINCIPLES OF FOOD SOVEREIGNTY

All people have a right to:
  1. Healthy and culturally appropriate foods
  2. Ecologically sustainable food production
  3. Involvement in the control and decision making for food systems
  4. A fair and balanced food economic system that involves producers, consumers and workers

HOW YOU CAN BE FOOD SOVEREIGN:

Food sovereignty can be exercised through:
  1. Growing your own food
  2. Use and support of local farmers’ markets
  3. Reduced dependence on industrial food systems where possible
  4. Educating yourself and your peers on food sovereignty and food justice
  5. Fostering connections in your community
  6. Reducing your food waste

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