What Could ‘Food Is Political’ Mean?

The start of a 4-week series on food politics.

What Could ‘Food Is Political’ Mean? What Could ‘Food Is Political’ Mean? The start of a 4-week series on food politics. Jun 19, 2023 • 2 min read It's been three years since I last wrote about the phrase “ food is political .” From July 2020 to now, a lot has changed, or really nothing has changed—despite the promise of that summer, conditions have only gotten worse for most of us in the U.S. in terms of economics, literal physical safety, and bodily autonomy. Yet this phrase continues to be evoked, and it continues to usually be stated or printed without an outline of what politics the food

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