Local food-global labour
Contradictions and tensions between farmers and migrant farmworkers and possibilities for solidarity in Canada
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6414351 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martha Jane Robbins (0009-0004-9748-1361, Erasmus University Rotterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 2559-2575 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Agriculture and Human Values (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0889-048X • E-ISSN: 1572-8366 |
| Publisher | Springer Nature (Netherlands) (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10460-025-10787-0 |
| OpenAlex | W4414411549 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 42 |
The logic of the corporate food regime requires a system of labour based on migration. Free trade agreements have entrenched a drive for ever-expanding export agriculture and resulted in both a devastation of peasant agriculture, creating migrant workers, and an increased need for temporary labour on Canadian farms. Family farmers in Canada face labour challenges exacerbated by the current food regime and, for some, the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) is seen as an answer to those challenges. However, the SAWP is based on systemic exploitation of migrant workers. This paper seeks to assess the role of migrant labour in Canadian food systems and reveal the contradictions, tensions, and possibilities of farmers acting in solidarity with migrant farmworkers by exploring the formation and political direction of the National Farmers Union’s Migrant Worker Solidarity Working Group (MWSWG)
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| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |