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2025-08-06
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Transdisciplinary Partnerships for Food Literacy Education Research and Professional Development
Kerry Renwick
University of British Columbia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2965-7896
Lisa Powell
Sweet Briar College
Andrea Nolan
Deakin University
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3519-6317
Christel Larsson
University of Gothenburg
Alison Booth
Deakin University
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4914-7006
Claire Margerison
Deakin University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2722-6128
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24926/ijps.v12i1.6369
Keywords: food literacy, food systems, interdisciplinary partnerships, sustainability, transnational partnerships, transformative partnerships
Abstract
Food literacy education is directly linked to global issues, such as social inequity in food access, environmental degradation, and economic imbalances in trade and corporate consolidation. While food literacy education fosters informed consumers who prioritize sustainability and ethics in their food choices, while also empowering them to engage in community and political action for transforming food systems, it currently is over-theorised and under-practiced. The Food Literacy International Partnership (FLIP) is a project that brings together scholars from four countries – Australia, Canada, Sweden and the US - to create partnerships that are focused on food literacy practices and outcomes, and on supporting educators. In this paper, we describe the development of these transnational, transdisciplinary partnerships, noting the affordances and challenges that emerged and how these were addressed. As part of implementing these partnerships, we published a website that hosted resources, held webinars, worked directly with educators, supported junior scholars, convened a symposium, and presented at conferences; through all of these, we added individuals and groups to our partnership network. The development of these partnerships highlights the need and potential for more discourse and collaboration around food literacy across national borders, enabling this work to have the most impact in contributions to more sustainable and socially just food systems worldwide.
