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Eating Right Here: Moving from Consumer to Food Citizen

2004 Presidential address to the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, Hyde Park, New York, June 11, 2004

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The term food citizenship is defined as the practice of engaging in food-related behaviors that support, rather than threaten, the development of a democratic, socially and economically just, and environmentally sustainable food system. Ways to practice food citizenship are described and a role for universities in fostering food citizenship is suggested. Finally, four barriers to food citizenship are identified and described: the current food system, federal food and agriculture policy, local and institutional policies, and the culture of professional nutrition organizations.

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  1. Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14850, USA

    Jennifer L. Wilkins

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Jennifer L. Wilkins is a Senior Extension Associate in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University and currently a Kellogg Food and Society Fellow. Her extension and applied research focuses on community food systems, regional dietary guidance, and farm to school connections.

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Wilkins, J.L. Eating Right Here: Moving from Consumer to Food Citizen. Agric Hum Values 22, 269–273 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-005-6042-4

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