2025/01/14 by Brittany Kesselman, Sinegugu Zukulu · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Intellectual Property Law
paper · pdf · doi:10.2458/jpe.5933
openalex created_date 2025/01/14 · openalex publication_date 2025/01/14 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
We argue that an "actually existing alternative" to the industrial food system can be found in the Amadiba community in South Africa. Like other indigenous food systems, Amadiba traditional foodways are underpinned by principles such as interconnection, sacredness, gratitude, abundance and collectivism, rather than growth or profit. The Amadiba community has struggled to protect the land and sea upon which their foodways depend, in the face of attempts by the South African government and international corporations to impose 'development' projects. This indigenous food sovereignty struggle highlights the principles-based Amadiba food system as a model for prioritizing social and ecological needs.