Victual Vicissitudes: Consumer Deskilling and the (Gendered) Transformation of Food Systems

By Joann Jaffe, M. Gertler. 2006

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Food tourism, niche markets and products in rural tourism: combining the intimacy model and the experience economy as a rural development strategy (2015, background): “Furthermore, many individuals feel an absence of knowledge regarding food production and preparation (Kneafsey, 2010) and consider the globalised agri-business system responsible for this perceived “food illiteracy” (Alonso, 2010; Jaffe & Gertler, 2006).”
Food literacy competencies: A conceptual framework for youth transitioning to adulthood (2018, unknown): “…de‐ cline in time spent on food‐related activities such as family meals, meal planning and cooking (Laska, Larson, Neumark‐Sztainer, & Story, 2011; Pelletier & Laska, 2012; Slater & Mudryj, 2016), and a “deskilling” with respect to food and nutrition (Engler‐Stringer, 2010; Jaffe & Gertler, 2006).”
Building Food Democracy: Exploring Civic Food Networks and Newly Emerging Forms of Food Citizenship (2012, result): “…and consumers as well as among farmers. they also lead to an acknowledgement of the interdependencies between producers and consumers and to a requalification of both producers and consumers, in contrast with the ‘deskilling’ induced by mainstream systems and operators (Jaffe and Gertler, 2006).”