Food Commons

Oona Morrow

This entry introduces the concept of food commons in the context of scholarship and activism on commons, commoning, and food systems transformation. I then draw out some key tensions and issues that have surfaced in research on food commons related to questions of materiality, scale, and urban-rural relations. I close with recommendations for approaches that future research can take to address these issues.

Suggested citation

Morrow, O. (2025). Food commons. In Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society (pp. 195-199). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-commons/