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More Than Just Food: Food Justice and Community Change

By Garrett Broad

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9780520287440, 9780520962569, 9780520287457, 2015032472
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3336828 bytes)
Series
California Studies in Food and Culture
Pages
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Time added
2022-12-29 04:32:23
Sociology; Nonfiction; SOC055000

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.

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