Abstract
Food Sovereignty is a term defined in the 1990s by Via Campesina, an
international peasant and indigenous movement, that describes food
sovereignty as the right of each nation or region to produce food according to
its local diversity. This term came up as a contraposition to the so-called
“Green Revolution”, a movement that introduced pesticides and
mechanization to agriculture. In Brazil there are examples of peasant
movements that defend food sovereignty, such as MST- Movimento dos
Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra. In this work, Horto Bela Vista settlement in
Iperó-SP is studied, and more specifically Sítio Mãe Terra, in order to better
understand how the food is produced there, how it is commercialized and how
it can contribute to the achievement of Food Sovereignty.