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FOOD SOVEREIGNTY is (defined by Wikipedia as) a term coined by members of Via Campesina in 1996 to refer to a policy framework advocated by a number of farmers, peasants, pastoralists, fisherfolk, indigenous peoples, women, rural youth and environmental organizations, namely the claimed ‘right’ of peoples to define their own food, agriculture, livestock and fisheries systems, in contrast to having food largely subject to international market forces.

Food is a basic human right. Everyone should be able to have access to safe, nutritious and culturally appropriate food in sufficient quantity and quality to sustain a healthy life with full human dignity.

For us, in the Marlborough area, this is enhancing and maintaining a sustainable local network to create food security.

It would include:

• organic food, grown without petrochemical fertilisers and pesticides
• low food mileage to reduce fuel usage
• reducing waste by making food appropriate to local needs
• swapping surplus food grown in individual gardens
• education for re-creating a consciously healthy local population
• low cost food, i.e. grown oneself; creating a food cooperative for local production and bulk buying
• forging links with other groups – local and national

And more as we grow…
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