Keeping 'our' land: property, agriculture and tensions between Indigenous and settler visions of food sovereignty in Canada

This paper situates literature on food sovereignty and land reforms in relation to academic and popular writings about land issues in Canada. We argue that settler Canadian food sovereignty scholarship and activism has yet to sufficiently grapple with the implications of private property ownership i...

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Published in:The Journal of peasant studies 2019-07, Vol.46 (5), p.983-1002
Main Authors: Kepkiewicz, Lauren, Dale, Bryan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Agriculture
American Indians
Capitalism
Colonialism
Farming
Food
food sovereignty
Indigenous food systems
Indigenous peoples
Land
Land reform
landownership
Ownership
Private property
Property
Scholarship
settler colonialism
Sovereignty
Violence
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Summary:This paper situates literature on food sovereignty and land reforms in relation to academic and popular writings about land issues in Canada. We argue that settler Canadian food sovereignty scholarship and activism has yet to sufficiently grapple with the implications of private property ownership in relation to ongoing processes of settler colonialism. We also argue that efforts to advance ecologically sustainable farming practices in Canada need to confront private property ownership in terms of its contribution to both capitalist and colonial violence.
ISSN:0306-6150
1743-9361
DOI:10.1080/03066150.2018.1439929