Cracking the Hegemony of the Industrial Food System: Exploring Opportunities for Change.

In this symposium we consider challenges to industrial agriculture and the corporate food regime that have the potential (and are beginning) to spur structural evolution towards a global food system that is less corporatized and more regional and sovereign. Papers range from a case study of a regional food bank in the US, to the role of co-operatives in transforming the industrial food system, to discursive claims and strategies in the industry-science relationship, to ideas for getting everyone to the table to seek widely supported solutions to the growing challenge of creating a just and sustainable global food system. "Discourse, Food and Hunger: A Case Study of Innovation and Change at the Worcester County Food Bank". Presenter: Michael B Elmes; Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Presenter: Robert Hersh; WPI. Presenter: Robbin Derry; U. of Lethbridge. A Critical Analysis of Agricultural Co-operatives in Alternative Food Systems. Presenter: JJ McMurtry; York U. Presenter: Jennifer Sumner; U. of Toronto. Discursive Claims in the Food Industry: The Paradoxical Roles of Measurement and Strategic Ambigui. Presenter: Sally Davenport; Victoria U. of Wellington. Presenter: Shirley R. Leitch; The Australian National U. Presenter: Urs Daellenbach; Victoria U. of Wellington. "A Critical Assessment of Corporate, Independent, and Activist Players in the Economy of Food". Presenter: Robbin Derry; U. of Lethbridge [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]