Food Dictionary

SBCFAN defines Food Justice as: A basic right of people, a movement striving for the right to grow, sell, and eat healthy food However, it is a nuanced goal, and other organizations’ definitions help to further illuminate the concept and…

The right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems.

Fresh, nutritious, affordable, culturally-appropriate, and locally grown food with care for the land, workers, and animals.

Things that are necessary to sustain life such as adequate food, shelter, clothing, etc. 

A person’s ability to access food while considering many barriers such as geography, transportation, availability of healthy foods, and affordability. 

Year-round access to enough nutritional and safe food for active, healthy life and the ability to acquire the food in socially acceptable ways (not restoring to emergency food supplies, scavenging, etc.)

A food system that can withstand and recover from unforeseen disturbances and changes over time to supply sufficient, appropriate, and accessible food for all.

The food system encompasses how food moves from farms to tables. It includes farmers and the farmland on which food is grown, manufacturers and processors, distributors – from truckers to grocery stores to food banks – and all residents as…