Critical Approaches to Food Systems Education Part I: Garden and Sustainable Agriculture Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Drawing on the Environmental Education SIG’s CFP that we “...Take up this call and ask in what ways do we work towards “respect for diversity, justice, and human dignity” as we work with communities towards a more cohesive understanding of our connection to the environment?” this session explores how critical approaches to food systems education can help foster respect for diversity, justice, and human dignity. Each of the papers in the session offers a unique approach to garden and/or sustainable agriculture education, drawing on feminist theories, critical race theory, social and environmental justice, identity, and community development lenses. Collectively, they provide concrete examples of critical food systems education in practice and of the utility of critical theoretical perspectives.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Environmental Education

Chairs

• Sarah Riggs Stapleton, University of Oregon

• Teresa Katrina Lloro-Bidart, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

Papers

• Youth Voices of Bounty and Opportunity: High School Students' Experiences With Food and Community - Kara Gilbert, Portland State University; Dilafruz R. Williams, Portland State University

• Using a Feminist Standpoint Approach to Propagate Formal and Informal Garden Educators' Experiences - Sarah Riggs Stapleton, University of Oregon

• Racial Silencing in Sustainable Agriculture - Olivia Aguilar, Denison University

• STEM in the Field: Food System Learning for Change Maker Development - Lissy Goralnik, Michigan State University; Laurie Thorp, Michigan State University

Discussant

• Leesa K. Fawcett, York University