More Than Just Food

Food Justice and Community Change
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-520-28745-7
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 229 mm x 153 mm, Gewicht: 416 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 Fertigungsindustrie Lebensmittelindustrie, Nahrungsmittelindustrie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Agrarökonomie, Ernährungswirtschaft
• 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.