Center for Regional Food Systems Michigan Local Food Council Network

The Food Access to Food Sovereignty Spectrum offers a model that is expansive and inclusive of all food systems change and emphasizes the interconnectedness of food movements. This workbook provides tools for individuals and groups to contextualize their work in relation to others, which in turn increases understanding of their own efforts and fosters collaborations to improve food systems. 

Goals of this Workbook:

• Introduce the Food Access to Food Sovereignty Spectrum 
• Provide tools to reflect on your social identities and how those have shaped your lived experiences, values, and food systems work 
• Deepen your self-awareness about your organization’s values, and how those values are embodied in your work 
• Support you in developing a position statement to articulate where your food system work exists on the spectrum 
• Assist in identifying potential partners whole food system work is closely aligned to your own, as well as potential partners whose work may be distinct yet complementary 

The Food Access to Food Sovereignty Spectrum Workbook was produced by Shiloh Maples. The author would like to acknowledge the Michigan Local Food Council Network (MLFCN) coordinators team on behalf of the MSU CRFS for contributing their insight and experience to this workbook. The development of MLFCN knowledge products incorporates the expressed needs of the network members. This resource was funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Support for MLFCN comes from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Michigan Health Endowment Fund.