Open AccessFrontline Farmers: How the National Farmers Union Resists Agribusiness and Creates Our New Food Future
Author(s) -
Rebecca Ellis
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
canadian food studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2292-3071
DOI - 10.15353/cfs-rcea.v7i2.388
Subject(s) - corporatization , solidarity , agribusiness , indigenous , economic growth , political science , european union , business , marketing , agriculture , economics , geography , economic policy , ecology , archaeology , politics , law , biology
This review examines Frontline Farmers: How the National Farmers Union Resists Agribusiness and Creates Our New Food Future, a new book about the activism of the National Farmers Union (NFU) over the past five decades. In this review I highlight the impact of the NFU in campaigns against the corporatization of the food system, their commitment to international and Indigenous solidarity, and the struggles faced by women within the organization. I also question the lack of discussion about solidarity with migrant farmworkers. Overall, this is an important book that is useful for food system activists, students and scholars.