TY - GEN N2 - The purpose of this Capstone Research Synthesis is to address economic inequities between workers and owners in the food system. This research is motivated by experience and witnessing the harms of this pervasive social problem. To address this social problem, this research examines alternative economic concepts and practices that do not reproduce the maldistribution of resources that workers experience relative to owners in the food system. The Overall Research Question asks, how do the concepts and practices of solidarity economy address maldistribution of resources between workers and owners in the U.S. food system? To address this question, I used directed content analysis as the method to collect data from three solidarity economy networks base to examine how solidarity economy concepts and practices address three aspects of maldistribution, which are exploitation, marginalization, and deprivation. I found that many solidarity economy concepts and practices can address the three aspects of maldistribution, but several could be further specified to ensure that their application does not reproduce exploitation, marginalization, and deprivation. Overall, this Capstone Research Synthesis demonstrates that there are economic concepts and practices that represent alternatives to capitalism and do not reproduce maldistribution of resources between workers and owners in the food system. Developing and applying these principles and practices may bring food systems and society closer to social justice. DO - 10.6083/bpxhc43330 DO - doi AB - The purpose of this Capstone Research Synthesis is to address economic inequities between workers and owners in the food system. This research is motivated by experience and witnessing the harms of this pervasive social problem. To address this social problem, this research examines alternative economic concepts and practices that do not reproduce the maldistribution of resources that workers experience relative to owners in the food system. The Overall Research Question asks, how do the concepts and practices of solidarity economy address maldistribution of resources between workers and owners in the U.S. food system? To address this question, I used directed content analysis as the method to collect data from three solidarity economy networks base to examine how solidarity economy concepts and practices address three aspects of maldistribution, which are exploitation, marginalization, and deprivation. I found that many solidarity economy concepts and practices can address the three aspects of maldistribution, but several could be further specified to ensure that their application does not reproduce exploitation, marginalization, and deprivation. Overall, this Capstone Research Synthesis demonstrates that there are economic concepts and practices that represent alternatives to capitalism and do not reproduce maldistribution of resources between workers and owners in the food system. Developing and applying these principles and practices may bring food systems and society closer to social justice. AD - Oregon Health and Science University T1 - Addressing economic inequities between workers and owners in the food system: an exploration of the concepts and practices of solidarity economies DA - 2024-06-08 AU - Stone, Alexandria L1 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43330/files/Stone.Alexandria.2024.pdf PB - Oregon Health and Science University LA - eng PY - 2024-06-08 ID - 43330 L4 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43330/files/Stone.Alexandria.2024.pdf KW - Social Justice KW - Social Problems KW - Social Class KW - Economic Status KW - Social Marginalization KW - Workforce KW - food system labor KW - worker-owner relations KW - economic inequity KW - maldistribution KW - exploitation KW - deprivation KW - solidarity economy TI - Addressing economic inequities between workers and owners in the food system: an exploration of the concepts and practices of solidarity economies Y1 - 2024-06-08 L2 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43330/files/Stone.Alexandria.2024.pdf LK - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43330/files/Stone.Alexandria.2024.pdf UR - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43330/files/Stone.Alexandria.2024.pdf ER -