{"id":48548,"date":"2019-09-19T06:59:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T11:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=48548"},"modified":"2019-09-19T06:59:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T11:59:12","slug":"these-extraordinary-times-indigenous-peoples-and-coalition-building-for-agroecology-and-food-sovereignty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=48548","title":{"rendered":"These Extraordinary Times: Indigenous Peoples and coalition building for agroecology and food sovereignty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agroecologynow.com\/home\/these-extraordinary-times-indigenous-peoples-and-coalition-building-for-agroecology-and-food-sovereignty\/\">These Extraordinary Times: Indigenous Peoples and coalition building for agroecology and food sovereignty<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.agroecologynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BikerClubHelps_WheelLaunch-e1568020117837-864x648.jpg\" alt=\"Members of a Euro-American motorcycle club work alongside citizens of the Athabascan Nation to launch a fish wheel in the Copper River, Alaska.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Above: Members of a Euro-American motorcycle club work alongside citizens of the Athabascan Nation to launch a fish wheel in the Copper River, Alaska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This post is based on what Indigenous Peoples (IPs) have shared with me and urged me to build on in the nearly 30 years of work I\u2019ve been honored to do with them, mostly in their communities and in the policy-making arenas of dominant societies.* During that time I\u2019ve seen that, at the heart of IPs\u2019 actions to assert their inherent right of self-determination and their food sovereignty, is the relationship that IPs have with their lands and territories. This relationship includes the millennial interdependence between IPs\u2019 cultures and the biodiversity within their territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve also seen and been part of IPs\u2019 efforts to broaden and deepen relationships among themselves and with non-Indigenous allies, especially as trade liberalization, imposed development and other stressors increasingly threaten IPs\u2019 agroecological foodways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The various ecological and political crises now in effect are rooted in an economic system that relies on the rupture of relationships, including&nbsp;<em>within<\/em>&nbsp;human communities and&nbsp;<em>between<\/em>&nbsp;humans and the natural world that we\u2019re a part of. A component of that economic system is industrial agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this post I aim to elaborate my belief that, to build or spread food sovereignty, there is an increased need for diverse Peoples, communities and social movements to strengthen relationships and coalitions with one another. Our exchange of knowledges, strategies and practices will keep producing tangible results, and on the less tangible but equally important side, our solidarity will reinforce our resilience in the face of increasing unpredictability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These Extraordinary Times: Indigenous Peoples and coalition building for agroecology and food sovereignty Above: Members of a Euro-American motorcycle club work alongside citizens of the Athabascan Nation to launch a fish wheel in the Copper River, Alaska. 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