We are aware that to achieving a world where peoples’ food sovereignty
is a reality demands crucial discussions about food systems, access to and
control over natural resources, political and legal debates on gender and on
seeds, as well as social struggles and mobilization. But one essential element
among these – and progressively gaining more attention – is the role of
children.
The
future of the struggles for the realization of food sovereignty and the right
to food depends on how our children are aware of the challenges regarding how
we produce our food, by whom and for whom it is produced. Instead of perceiving
children as a market niche, as big food companies have been, we see the
youngest generations as the foundation for transforming our food systems.