This book charts the author's journey as a cultural anthropologist through food resistance movements over two decades, in Catalonia (Spain), Australia and Venezuela. It brings important lessons from the field to current discussions on transitioning to just and sustainable food systems.

In Australia, freegans' consumption of 'garbage' reveals the extent of food going to waste from commercial sources while people go hungry. In contrast, Venezuela's food sovereignty movement is part of an attempted national transition from a capitalist to socialist economy, highlighting processes of decentralisation, collectivisation, and government grassroots' coalitions. The study of autonomous spaces in Catalonia illuminates how food sharing can enable people to live their politics, while highlighting governance, consumption, technology and use of space in food resistance efforts.

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Ferne Edwards is a cultural anthropologist researching sustainable cities, food systems and social movements. She has conducted research across Australia, Venezuela, Ireland, Spain and Norway. She edited two collections: Food for Degrowth: Perspectives and Practices (with Anitra Nelson, 2021) and Food, Senses and the City (with Roos Gerritsen and Grit Wesser, 2021).