Planetary Food Commons and Postcapitalist Post-COVID Food Futures

Stephen Healy; Bhavya Chitranshi; Gradon Diprose; Teppo Eskelinen; Anisah Madden; Inka Santala; Miriam Williams

doi:10.1057/s41301-020-00267-9

Planetary Food Commons and Postcapitalist Post-COVID Food Futures

Development (Rome). 2020;63(2-4):277-284. doi: 10.1057/s41301-020-00267-9. Epub 2020 Nov 6.

Authors

Stephen Healy¹, Bhavya Chitranshi¹, Gradon Diprose², Teppo Eskelinen³, Anisah Madden¹, Inka Santala⁴, Miriam Williams⁵

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia.
² Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, Wellington, New Zealand.
³ University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
⁴ School of Geography and Sustainable Communities, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
⁵ Macquarie School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Abstract

The accessibility, availability and consumption of food in food and agriculture systems are key public health and food security concerns. We draw on empirical research from members of the Community Economies Research Network from Australia, New Zealand, India and Finland to reimagine food and agriculture systems as a planetary food commons (PFC). PFCs situate food-futures in relation to a broader post-capitalist commons sociality.

Keywords: Commoning; Commons; Diverse economies; Food security; Post-capitalism; Public health.