Food Workers and Global Food Justice

Global Food Justice
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Specific strengths and limitations of farmworker/food worker self-organization in attaining Food Justice
Reports from the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, which comprised a joint activity of twenty-three consumer, social justice, and environmental groups formed in 1999, had influenced the rejection of GMOs such as bovine growth hormone by the CFIA (Eaton, 2017). Numerous biotech organizations also willingly revoked GMOs from the monitoring approval process, as illustrated by the Monsanto removing RR wheat in 2001.  Although their collaborative activity was beneficial, there were considerable deviations within sections of the association. For instance, rural unions for producers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan demonstrated their rejection of RR wheat and other GMOs (Eaton, 2017). However, many of their members were farming herbicides, accepting canola, and other forms of RR. In 2001, CWB assembled a group of farmers, grain sector, technology-creators, consumers, and national government officials to create the Canadian Grain Industry Working Group on GM Wheat to influence shared governance in the global food system. The importance of food workers as participants in creating change in food studies research  The significance of food workers as a participant in the change in food studies is essential. Coordination between food workers and consumers has positively compelled producers and large-scale purchasers to elevate their working environment. For example, the United Farmworkers protests of the 1960s and Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) programs influenced produce markets to pay generously for agricultural products (Minkoff-Zern, 2017). Public discourse has undermined worker agency by their inclination to urban bias. Discussions about food justice and farm labor occur in isolation even though they are related. CIW, UFW in California, Northwest Tree Planters, and Farmworkers United have been striving for decades to blend consumer boycotts, legislative pressure, and workers' protests to elevate farmworker welfare around the globe (Minkoff-Zern, 2017). Furthermore, Kellogg union members protested about its two-tiered wage structure, which limited their negotiation power and offered job opportunities to Mexican immigrants (FRANKLIN, 2021). Besides, Indian farmers participated in Civil disobedience initiatives in India, forcing the government to negotiate with farmers’ unions (Frayer, 2021).  They have resulted in worker contracts and an improved working environment. References Eaton, E. (2017). How Canadian Farmers Fought and Won the Battle Against GM Wheat. University of California Press. FRANKLIN, J. (2021). Redditors are spamming Kellogg's job portal in solidarity with its striking workers. /2021/12/10/1063112624/redditors-spam-kelloggs-job-portal-striking-workers-union: NPR. Frayer, L. (2021). India's farmers faced down a popular prime minister and won. What will they do now? New Delhi :/npr/1059200463/india-farmer-protests-modi-farm-laws: Wbur. Minkoff-Zern, L.-A. (2017). Farmworker-Led Food Movements Then Now. University of Ca...