More Than Just Food: Food Justice and Community Change

More Than Just Food: Food Justice and Community Change
ISBN-10
0520962567
ISBN-13
9780520962569
Category
Social Science
Pages
296
Language
English
Published
2016-02-09
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Author
Garrett Broad

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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