Constructing hunger: Digital narratives about food insecurity, responsibility, and care in Hamilton food banks and community gardens

The current political climate has intensified both discourse about and material consequences of food insecurity and hunger in Canada. Food banks and community gardens are often seen as central to managing the impacts of crises through food access, but they also create and communicate narratives that shape cultural understandings of food insecurity and hunger, vulnerability, and responsibility. This presentation examines how these organizations frame online narratives within the context of ongoing (bio)political upheavals, which can allow for strategizing alternatives built on collective care and mutual interdependence.