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Reading the World: Food Literacy and the Potential for Food System Transformation
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Sumner, Jennifer – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2015
In the field of adult education, literacy is a contested concept, so it is not surprising that terms like food literacy are also highly debated. While some associate food literacy with individual food shopping and preparation, others look to it as a means to engage with larger issues of global import. Given that food literacy is a fairly new term,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Food, Foreign Countries