In the Global North, there has been increasing analysis of the ways that
alternative food initiatives (AFIs) are developing viable, place-based
solutions that challenge the corporate-led industrial food system;
however, there has been little study of the interrelationships among
them. In an effort to better understand the possibilities for food
system transformation, this paper builds on existing studies to
investigate the increasing collaborations among AFIs occurring through
provincial food networks in Canada. Contrary to
assumptions that AFIs act in isolation, the paper demonstrates that they are part
of actual and existing mobilizations through robust social movement
networks. Together, these collaborative efforts may be illustrative of a
new wave in food activism that is represented by the emergence of a
multi-scaled and cross-sectoral ‘food movement’ – a network of networks.
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