Re approximating food producers and consumers in metro Vancouver, Canada
| Autor | Estevan Leopoldo de Freitas Coca - Ricardo César Barbosa Júnior |
| Cargo | Geography PhD Candidate at São Paulo State University Brazil - Majoring in International Relations at the Federal University of Goiás UFG, and Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás |
| Páginas | 11-25 |
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Dimensión Empresarial
/ Vol.14 No. 1/ Enero - Junio de 2016, págs.
(RE)APPROXIMATING FOOD PRODUCERS AND
CONSUMERS IN METRO VANCOUVER, CANADA
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(RE)APROXIMANDO PRODUCTORES Y CONSUMIDORES DE ALIMENTOS EN
LA REGIÓN METROPOLITANA DE VANCOUVER, CANADÁ
REAPROXIMANDO PRODUTORES E CONSUMIDORES DE ALIMENTOS NA
REGIÃO METROPOLITANA DE VANCOUVER, CANADÁ
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Estevan Leopoldo de Freitas Coca2
Ricardo César Barbosa Júnior3
CITATION
De Freitas, E.l. & Barbosa, R.C. (2016). (Re)Approximating food producers and consumers in metro Vancouver, Canada. Dimensión
Empresarial, 14(1), 11-26.
JEL: D11, D23.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15665/rde.v14i1.596
ABSTRACT
This paper interprets the Metro Vancouver food localization movement, thorough the lens of the second generation of food
sovereignty, with the objective of exploring its economic dimensions. First we promote a theoretical discussion of food sovereignty
explaining that it started in a rural setting of the global south as a means to contest the international neoliberal trade system, and
how it has adapted in the global north to incorporate consumers. We then discuss the contradictions between British Columbia’s
and Metro Vancouver’s food systems. In sequence, we present the results from interviews of the movement’s stakeholders, oering
a qualitative analysis. Our findings demonstrate that there are several economic consequences, identifying: i) farmer markets as
currently the most significant channel for the commerce of local foods and how they have been responsible for (re)approximating
food producers and consumers; also, ii) institutional markets as a next step that can represent a true democratization of good food.
Key-words: local food; food systems; food sovereignty; institutional markets; Metro Vancouver.
1 This reflection paper features the results of research from an analytical perspective, critically interpreting a specific topic based on original sources. The resources
employed for this research are from: i) São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), that provided the first author with the scholarship Bolsa de Estágio de Pesquisa
no Exterior (BEPE) to conduct the research project “Strategies for construction of food security and food sovereignty in Canada” between the period of November
2014 to October 2015 at the University of British Columbia (UBC), https://www.ubc.ca/ Vancouver, Canada; and ii) Mitacs Globalink, that promoted the research
internship which the second author participated, allowing for the field work, taking place also at UBC. Reception date 1/11/2015. Date of acceptance 15/12/2015.
2 Geography PhD Candidate at São Paulo State University - Unesp, Presidente Prudente – SP, Brazil. estevanleopoldo@yahoo.com.br
3 Majoring in International Relations at the Federal University of Goiás - UFG, and Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás - PUC Goiás, Goiânia – GO, Brazil,
ribarbosajr@gmail.com
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