More than just food : food justice and community change
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More than just food : food justice and community change
(California studies in food and culture, 60)
University of California Press, c2016
- : cloth
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-254) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
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
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