Yeoman farmer. small landowners (the majority of white families in the south) who farmed their own land and usually did not own slaves.

The yeomen farmer who owned his own modest farm and worked it primarily with family labor remains the embodiment of the ideal American: honest, virtuous, hardworking, and independent. These same values made yeomen farmers central to the republican vision of the new nation.

Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally-appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems.

However, southern White yeoman farmers generally did not support an active federal government. They were suspicious of the state bank and supported President Jackson’s dismantling of the Second Bank of the United States.

Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems.

yeoman, in English history, a class intermediate between the gentry and the labourers; a yeoman was usually a landholder but could also be a retainer, guard, attendant, or subordinate official. Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (late 14th century) depicts a yeoman who is a forester and a retainer.

Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods. More importantly, it is the right to define and control our own food and agriculture systems, including markets, production modes, food cultures, and environments.

Seven Pillars of Food Sovereignty

• Focuses on Food for People. Puts people’s need for food at the centre of policies.
• Builds Knowledge and Skills. Builds on traditional knowledge.
• Works with Nature. Optimizes the contributions of ecosystems.
• Values Food Providers.
• Localizes Food Systems.
• Puts Control Locally.
• Food is Sacred.

The region of the South which contained the most fertile land for cash crops and was dominated by wealthy slave-owning planters. Yeoman farmers from the plantation belt relied on planters for parts of the cotton selling process since they couldn’t afford gins.

The international food sovereignty movement formed to address the indignities of the current food system. It is composed of small farmers, fishers, consumers, environmentalists and Indigenous Peoples – all seeking to define their own agricultural, labor, fishing, food and land policies.

Yeoman farmer. small landowners (the majority of white families in the south) who farmed their own land and usually did not own slaves. Emancipate. free from slavery or servitude. You just studied 22 terms!