Sustainable food movement has a class problem
The flavor of fairness: When a recent UC Santa Cruz study asked grocery shoppers on California’s Central Coast to rank their concerns about the food system, respondents prioritized animal welfare above the treatment of human workers on the farms. This is but one example, says Bay Guardian reporter Caitlin Donohue, of cognitive dissonance in a food movement that touts sustainability — but only certain kinds, and only for certain people. While short on concrete solutions–probably because they have yet to be created–Donohue’s piece jumps from a …
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