More than just food : food justice and community change / Garrett Broad.
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TextSeries: California studies in food and culture ; 60.Publisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2016Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780520962569 (ebook) :Subject(s): Food supply -- Social aspects -- United States | Food industry and trade -- Social aspects -- United States | Minorities -- Nutrition -- Social aspects -- United States | Social justice -- United StatesAdditional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification: 338.1973 LOC classification: HD9005 | .B688 2016Online resources: California scholarship online Summary: 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 colour 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 - this book 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.
Previously issued in print: 2016.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 colour 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 - this book 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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