Agroecology and corporate power in the U.S.

Abstract

First paragraph: Introduction In reflecting on the U.S. Agroecology Summit 2023, we want to bring a key issue to the fore: corporate power and how agroecology can address it in the food system. Taking on existing power structures was an important theme running through the con­ference, from confronting legacies of colonization and slavery in the food system to battling the mar­ginalization of affected communi­ties in agricultural and food sciences. The corpo­rate dominance of agricultural markets and its corresponding influ­ence in the political realm was certainly present throughout our discussions, but here we want to center the role of corporate power in future discus­sions of agroecology in the U.S. . . .

Keywords

• agroecology
• social movements
• corporate power
• food sovereignty
• climate-smart agriculture
• food system