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The Intersection between Food Sovereignty and Law

People use different terms when discussing food politics – food security, food justice, right to food, and food sovereignty. These terms are at the center of a very contentious political debate about how and why food matters and what is to be done to change the current global food system. Many scholars and activists suggest that food sovereignty is the most transformative approach and has the greatest potential to foster dramatic change in food and agricultural policies. The food sovereignty movement has been successful in identifying the shortcomings of the current food system by focusing on transnational corporations and international trade regimes. There remains, however, some uncertainty about how (if at all) food sovereignty is something that actually could be achieved. In order to gain a better understanding of what food sovereignty may look like in practice, we consider different approaches that are being used around the world to try implementing food sovereignty. We focus on two cases studies, each employing a different implementation method. The first is a case study from Blue Hill, Maine where the town adopted a food sovereignty ordinance in 2011. The second case study is from Ecuador, where food sovereignty was written into the constitution in 2008.