Politicizing food consumption: Strategies for advancing in agroecological transition

Abstract

The starting point of this paper is the unfeasibility situation of the dominant food regime. Building
a sustainable alternative is urgently needed. A great number of agroecological experiences
have emerged as vanguard of an alternative food system. However, these experiences are
not enough to produce a change to upper scales. The main challenge for Agroecology is to
upscaling the agroecological experiences. In this paper we bet on the formation of agroecological
local food systems that impose a favorable institutional framework. This will only be possible
through a social mobilization not only focused on agricultural production or distribution,
but on food, weaving social alliances with capacity for change. This can be done by politicizing
food consumption.