From Corporations to Communities: Tipping the balance of power in decision making about our food

Who controls the food we eat and grow? Deep power asymmetries in food system governance are blocking the transformation we need. For decades, the institutions and policies that affect decision-making about food systems have been captured by corporate overreach, undermining the public good and the rights of people and communities to engage in food system decision-making on their own terms. This event will reveal who really controls agri-food policy and regulatory decisions and how, exposing the growing influence of multinational corporations over these processes. We will hear examples from near and far – from experts on regional struggles in Africa and the UK and global struggles in international decision-making spaces – as they propose actionable mechanisms and alternative spaces to recapture food system decision-making for the public interest.

Speakers
Sofía Monsalve Suárez
Dee Woods
Million Belay

Chair
Nick Jacobs

Languages: English