Just Eats: The Role of Consumers in Agroecology

The episode highlights the consumers’ role in the creation of a just, healthy, equitable and sustainable food system. More and more people are recognizing this, evident in the growing demand for food that is ethically made and grown, and making sure this is widely accessible. But food system transformation requires civic participation beyond consumption. There is a shift that needs to happen from being consumers to co-producers, and it is essential to recognize and reclaim the attendant agency and power in this shift to be able to support the food systems transformation to agroecology.