Soberania alimentar na comunidade quilombola de Colônia do Paiol: entre a cultura local e global

Abstract

The present study was carried out in the district of Bias Fortes in Minas Gerais, in the community de Colônia do Paiol, being recognized by the Palmares Foundation as Quilombola Remnant Community. The same will seek to reflecton how the process of estrangement from man to land has been go ingonand how this has contributed to the loss of the food sovereignty of the residents. With the process of globalization, among other historical events, we have the configuration of a new pattern of food. The latter has been configured for decades, through the expropriation of rural peasants and the attraction of large urban centers, thus, this scenario has contributed to the run true of the traditions of the local population. However, through the Intercâmbio Agroecológico, from the Campesino to the Campesino methodology and with the experience of Social Cartography, it was possible to develop a work to approximate, recognize and survey the productive potential of the families' quintals. As well, to under standby what means the global culture has penetrated the community, with the purpose, to promote actions of resistance to the deconstruction of the local food identity.