The Relationship Between Locavorism And Feminism

As what you said, locavore is a becoming a new trend in America, however, they also faced deep criticism from vegetarians, animal right advocates and supporters of industrially produced meat. Vegetarians and animal food advocates argues that killing animals is not right even if the animal was raised in a local farm (Rudy, p. 28). The supporters of industrially produced meat argues that it is impossible for local farm to attend to America’s demand for meat. In addition, meat from the local farm will be too expensive and Americans cannot afford it (Rudy, p. 29). Rudy also discusses the correlation between locavorism and feminism. One of the goals of feminism is to attend to the needs and lives of all women, not only focusing on the lives
of white women (p.33). Rudy argues that local farmers and feminist should find ways and work together to make local products be available to every individual in America (p. 33). Feminist supporting local farm can help the local farmers to get their food in the market. In addition, they can also change the nutritional lives of women (p. 34). In the Development, Ecology and Women, Shiva states that “Women are the poorest among the poor.” This is of one reason why women would not be able to afford the food that are available in the local market. Feminism argues that people need to develop ways to get local products available in the market and make it more affordable (Rudy, p. 33).