Learning food terms

"Food apartheid" is an institutional inequality in a community's access to food. Karen Washington, a political activist, talked about this concept in The Guardian, writing that we should replace the term "food desert" with "food apartheid" because of both terms' underlying meanings and connotations. A food desert signifies that there is no food in a region, it is an isolated state, and the area does not have the potential for food accessibility. Food apartheid describes the inequalities and injustices in a food system that creates unfair and extremely limited food sources for communities that are marginalized or live in poverty. This makes the latter term more accurate in representation and assessment in countries like the United States. Food justice is ending economic factors that add to food inaccessibility, food disparities, and food insecurity.

Source:

Food apartheid: the root of the problem with America's groceries

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/15/food-apartheid-food-deserts-racism-inequality-america-karen-washington-interview

Food sovereignty is people’s right to sustainable food sources for cultural and dietary purposes, Food sovereignty also gives people freedom and choice in their food. For example, the Navajo people are working to gain food sovereignty by creating community gardens, farming their own food in general, using non-colonizer techniques, educating their people on non-colonized food preparation, hosting cooking classes, and mentoring and supporting more people in their food journey, etc.

Food justice is ending economic factors that contribute to food inaccessibility and disparities, as well as food insecurity.

When people advocate for food justice, they are advocating for all-around inclusion and accessibility to safe, reasonably priced, nutrition-filled, and culturally significant foods.