ABSTRACT
The economic geographers who write under the appended surname Gibson-Graham argue that when people talk about “the economy,” capitalism has trained us to only see the tip of the iceberg. Gibson-Graham urge people to not simply accept the hegemony of capitalocentrism, but to create a more inclusive discourse that recognizes the full complement of human economic activity (30–50% of which is accounted for by unpaid, household labor [2006: 57]). Applied to the food system, farmers are encouraged to grow for export, and economic statistics focus on crops sold. If people raise food to be eaten or traded, or if food is simply gathered, it doesn’t warrant a place in the statistics. Neither does the time spent procuring, processing, and serving food in our homes. All of this food-related activity remains below the tip of the iceberg and yet it is what sustains us.
