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The Xique-Xique Network towards sustainability and solidarity

2018; IOP Publishing; Volume: 151; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1088/1755-1315/151/1/012014

1755-1307

Monica Dantas, Geise Marle de Castro Silva,

Geographies of human-animal interactions

The industrialized food system holds considerable power over some of the most important aspects of our societies, such as health, environment, economy, culture and politics, though their main focus is private profit. In response to issues related to the production and distribution of goods alternative initiatives are emerging all over the world related to the creation of a food systems that promotes solidarity, diversity, democracy. This paper looked at an organization emerged from a group of women members of the Landless Movement called Rede Xique-Xique. The study presents data from a recent interview conducted with a community organizer involved with the Network, also includes records from previous unpublished research, consisting of a participant observation conducted in 2011. The study found that the network organization brought improvements to the living conditions of farmers and voice to a rather invisible portion of the population.