More Than Just Food - Food Justice and Community Change

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-520-28744-0
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 60, 296 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 526 g

Reihe: California Studies in Food and Culture

The industrial food system has created a crisis in the United States that is characterized by abundant food for privileged citizens and “food deserts” for the historically marginalized. In response, food justice activists based in low-income communities of color have developed community-based solutions, arguing that activities like urban agriculture, nutrition education, and food-related social enterprises can drive systemic social change. Focusing on the work of several food justice groups—including Community Services Unlimited, a South Los Angeles organization founded as the nonprofit arm of the Southern California Black Panther Party—More Than Just Food explores the possibilities and limitations of the community-based approach, offering a networked examination of the food justice movement in the age of the nonprofit industrial complex.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Broad, Garrett

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Agrarökonomie, Ernährungswirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Fertigungsindustrie Lebensmittelindustrie, Nahrungsmittelindustrie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften: Ernährung & Gesellschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments
Introduction: Food Justice and Community Change
1 • Networks, Narratives, and Community Action
2 • Food Systems, Food Movements, Food Justice
3 • In a Community Like This
4 • The Youth Food Justice Movement
5 • From the Black Panthers to the USDA
6 • Competing Visions and the Food Justice Brand
Conclusion
Appendix: A Note on Theory and Method
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Garrett M. Broad is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University.