ABSTRACT
Since the global food crisis, a plethora of discourses from food movements has arisen. No matter which and how many different pathways and/or ideologies each one advocates, there is a broad-based desire for a structural change as systems shift from one regime to another (Friedmann, 2005, 2009; McMichael, 2005, 2009a,b). Recognising the fragmented quality of current food movements, there is an urgent need for strategic alliances (Holt-Giménez and Shattu ck, 2011) and ‘convergence in diversity’ (Amin, 2011). As we search for answers, the recent surge of the commons seems to provide some promising insights. The chapter begins with an explanation of the food regime theory and its different variations, then presents the notion of the commons food regime as a new kind of food regime, and proposes a holistic, interconnected, and intersectional idea of care as the core to construct and grow a transformative new food regime. Growing a care-based commons food regime responds to a call for a new food regime in the 21st century.
