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.