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More Than Just Food

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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...
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  • 09 February 2016
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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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Pages: 296
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Series: California Studies in Food and Culture
Publication Date: 09 February 2016
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520287457
Format: Paperback
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"More Than Just Food offers critical perspectives on food justice projects—from what Broad characterizes as more obviously flawed white-savior-outsider-led endeavors to the more sympathetically portrayed but still imperfect CSU."
Garrett M. Broad is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University.
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