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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
ISBN: 9780520962569
Format: eBook
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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