Together at the Table: Sustainability and Sustenance in the American Agrifood System

When others have waxed enthusiastic over the emergence of "community supported agriculture" farms, the proliferation of farmers markets, the burgeoning trade in organic foods, and the potential of local food systems as vehicles for community development, Allen has consistently reminded us that not only is everyone not together at the sustainable table, not everyone has even been invited to the meal. In performing her assessment, Allen highlights a fundamental problem that faces initiatives that aspire to the transformation of existing relations: "the extent to which social movements should focus on incremental reform versus structural change" (p. 206).