Farm-to-table

Definition

A movement to promote serving local food at restaurants and schools.

Ethical Language Guidance

Gender History

The farm-to-table movement (2000s onward) romanticizes small-farm production and chef artisanry—typically male-coded roles—while rendering invisible the domestic and informal food work (processing, preservation, distribution) historically done by women.

Inclusive Usage

Use 'farm-to-table' while acknowledging all actors: women farmers, kitchen workers, market vendors, and home food processors whose labor makes the pathway visible.

Inclusive Alternatives

["farm-to-community","farm-to-kitchen-to-table"]

Empowerment Note

Women are the majority of farm-to-table producers and processors in many Global South contexts; naming them shifts credit for quality, sustainability, and food security.

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