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Makahaiwaʻa - UH West Oʻahu's Weekly Newsletter - Week of March 03, 2025
No full textA Communications Department newsletter from University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu published on Monday, March 03, 2025, to the faculty and staff listserv.A web preservation file has been captured for this newsletter in addition to the PDF. Contact the UHWO Library for access
Seeds of Change: Women Cultivating Food Sovereignty in Hawaiʻi and Aotearoa
No full textThis is an introduction to the book, Seeds of Change: Women Cultivating Food Sovereignty in Hawaiʻi and Aotearoa, written by Professor Monique Mironesco. This section is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site (Common Ground Research Networks) for terms of use and for purchase information on the complete title.Seeds of Change: Women Cultivating Food Sovereignty in Hawai‘i and Aotearoa is organized thematically, weaving together research from both locations to explore and compare women’s roles and leadership in alternative food networks (AFNs). At the heart of this inquiry is how women’s leadership functions as a form of resistance to industrial agro-food systems within settler colonial contexts. The book asks: How do Indigenous and marginalized women shape these resistances? How do Indigenous ecological worldviews inform both ancestral and contemporary food and agricultural practices as forms of decolonial praxis? While AFNs are often framed as solutions to the failures of industrial food systems, they have also been critiqued for reinforcing elitism and exclusion. This study foregrounds how Indigenous women confront not only the violence of industrial agriculture but also inequities within AFNs themselves. Though situated in distinct political, social, and ecological contexts, the strategies of women in Hawai‘i and Aotearoa offer transferable insights and best practices for other island communities and beyond. The book is structured around three central themes: women’s leadership in AFNs; the amplification of Indigenous and marginalized voices; and a solution-oriented approach that shares lessons across Oceania. Based on interviews with 48 women—including farmers, union leaders, composters, market organizers, and educators—the research reflects a wide spectrum of food system actors embedded in nonprofit and grassroots networks. A core aim of the book is to generate an actionable toolkit and to ensure that the knowledge shared through these stories supports broader movements for food sovereignty and ecological justice
Makahaiwaʻa - UH West Oʻahu's Weekly Newsletter - Week of June 17, 2024
No full textA Communications Department newsletter from University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu published on Monday, June 17, 2024, to the faculty and staff listserv.A web preservation file has been captured for this newsletter in addition to the PDF. Contact the UHWO Library for access
