Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Cultivating Food Justice by Alison Hope Alkon, Julian Agyeman Documents how racial and social inequalities are built into our food system, and how communities are creating environmentally sustainable and socially just alternatives. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Documents how racial and social inequalities are built into our food system, and how communities are creating environmentally sustainable and socially just alternatives.Popularized by such best-selling authors as Michael Pollan, Barbara Kingsolver, and Eric Schlosser, a growing food movement urges us to support sustainable agriculture by eating fresh food produced on local family farms. But many low-income neighborhoods and communities of color have been systematically deprived of access to healthy and sustainable food. These communities have been actively prevented from producing their own food and often live in "food deserts" where fast food is more common than fresh food. Cultivating Food Justice describes their efforts to envision and create environmentally sustainable and socially just alternatives to the food system.Bringing together insights from studies of environmental justice, sustainable agriculture, critical race theory, and food studies, Cultivating Food Justice highlights the ways race and class inequalities permeate the food system, from production to distribution to consumption. The studies offered in the book explore a range of important issues, including agricultural and land use policies that systematically disadvantage Native American, African American, Latino/a, and Asian American farmers and farmworkers; access problems in both urban and rural areas; efforts to create sustainable local food systems in low-income communities of color; and future directions for the food justice movement. These diverse accounts of the relationships among food, environmentalism, justice, race, and identity will help guide efforts to achieve a just and sustainable agriculture. Notes "Race, class, and history arent foodie strong-points. Yet to turn the food movement into one that fully embraces justice, some difficult discussions lie ahead. The chapters in this splendid and rigorously researched book will help those conversations be better informed, and their outcomes wiser."--Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved and The Value of Nothing "The insights, critiques, and guidance presented in this book are timely and profound. Cultivating Food Justice offers a powerful analysis of the dominant food systems in the United States and of the largely white, middle-class alternative food movement that has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years. On nearly every page of this book, the contributors share seldom heard stories of ordinary people organizing to produce healthy, sustainable, affordable, and culturally appropriate sustenance for all. Most important, the authors demonstrate that food justice and environmental justice are inseparable."--David Naguib Pellow, Don A. Martindale Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota; author of Garbage Wars: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago; coauthor of The Slums of Aspen: Immigrants versus the Environment in Americas Eden "At a time when food politics are omnipresent and as urgent as ever, this collection delivers a stellar cast and bold set of ideas that weigh in on not just intellectually interesting questions, but also some of the most pressing issues facing people in their everyday struggles. It is a must-read for anybody interested in food politics and environmental justice."--Nik Heynen, Department of Geography and Center for Integrative Conservation Research (CICR), University of Georgia Author Biography Alison Hope Alkon is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Pacific.Julian Agyeman is Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. He is the coauthor of Sharing Cities and the coeditor of The Immigrant-Food Nexus- Borders, Labor, and Identity in North America, each published by the MIT Press.Alison Hope Alkon is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Pacific.Julian Agyeman is Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. He is the coauthor of Sharing Cities and the coeditor of The Immigrant-Food Nexus- Borders, Labor, and Identity in North America, each published by the MIT Press.Kari Marie Norgaard is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon.Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern is Assistant Professor of Food Studies and Affiliate of the Departments of Geography and Womens and Gender Studies at Syracuse University.Jill Lindsey Harrison is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado at Boulder.David Goodman is Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz.Alison Hope Alkon is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Pacific.Julian Agyeman is Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. He is the coauthor of Sharing Cities and the coeditor of The Immigrant-Food Nexus- Borders, Labor, and Identity in North America, each published by the MIT Press. Review The diversity of theoretical and conceptual approaches, subjects, and authors is refreshing. The dimensions of ethnic identity, racism, and white privilege as they affect the access and control of food-producing resources is highlighted and suggests important new directions in theorizing the political ecology of food and agriculture....The blend of academic and activist chapters provides a good mix of theory, strategy, and tactics. * Annals of the Association of American Geographers *The answers to our food system ills are not found simply in opposition to our current food system; community solutions that incorporate racial justice, from production to consumption, are required. I could not agree more. As facilitators of community building, planners have a responsibility to fill in the gaps in representation at the food movement table and understand the history of those coming (or not coming) to such a table. The insights in this book provide a foundation and direction for food system planners. -- Jill K. Clark * Journal of Planning Education and Research * Cultivating Food Justice covers important ground previously lacking in food studies and movements, particularly with regard to critical theorizing about race, class, ethnicity, sustainability, and food access, thereby expanding understandings of food justice as both a field of scholarly inquiry and fruitful activism. * American Studies *The case studies and theoretical discussions presented in this volume provide very useful insights for food activists, farmers, consumers, and policy-makers regarding the political, economic, and social processes that have influenced our global food system and its related class and racial injustices. -- Rachel S. Madsen * Agriculture and Human Values * Promotional Race, class, and history arent foodie strong-points. Yet to turn the food movement into one that fully embraces justice, some difficult discussions lie ahead. The chapters in this splendid and rigorously researched book will help those conversations be better informed, and their outcomes wiser. -- Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved and The Value of Nothing The insights, critiques, and guidance presented in this book are timely and profound. Cultivating Food Justice offers a powerful analysis of the dominant food systems in the United States and of the largely white, middle-class alternative food movement that has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years. On nearly every page of this book, the contributors share seldom heard stories of ordinary people organizing to produce healthy, sustainable, affordable, and culturally appropriate sustenance for all. Most important, the authors demonstrate that food justice and environmental justice are inseparable. -- David Naguib Pellow, Don A. Martindale Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota; author of Garbage Wars: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago; coauthor of The Slums of Aspen: Immigrants versus the Environment in Americas Eden At a time when food politics are omnipresent and as urgent as ever, this collection delivers a stellar cast and bold set of ideas that weigh in on not just intellectually interesting questions, but also some of the most pressing issues facing people in their everyday struggles. It is a must-read for anybody interested in food politics and environmental justice. -- Nik Heynen, Department of Geography and Center for Integrative Conservation Research (CICR), University of Georgia Review Quote "The diversity of theoretical and conceptual approaches, subjects, and authors isrefreshing. The dimensions of ethnic identity, racism, and white privilege as they affect the accessand control of food-producing resources is highlighted and suggests important new directions intheorizing the political ecology of food and agriculture.... The blend of academic and activistchapters provides a good mix of theory, strategy, and tactics." -- Annals of theAssociation of American Geographers Details ISBN0262516322 Short Title CULTIVATING FOOD JUSTICE Language English ISBN-10 0262516322 ISBN-13 9780262516327 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2011 Imprint MIT Press Subtitle Race, Class, and Sustainability Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass. Country of Publication United States Edited by Julian Agyeman Author Julian Agyeman Audience Age 18 Pages 408 Affiliation Tufts University Position Associate Professor Publication Date 2011-10-21 UK Release Date 2011-10-21 AU Release Date 2011-10-21 NZ Release Date 2011-10-21 US Release Date 2011-10-21 Illustrations 16 figures, 5 tables Publisher MIT Press Ltd Alternative 9780262016261 DEWEY 363.81 Audience Professional & Vocational Series Food, Health, and the Environment We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:136549827;
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ISBN-13: 9780262516327
Book Title: Cultivating Food Justice
Number of Pages: 408 Pages
Publication Name: Cultivating Food Justice: Race, Class, and Sustainability
Language: English
Publisher: Anna M. Kleiner, Kari Marie Norgaard, Alison Hope Alkon, Carolina Van Horn, John J. Green, Julian Agyeman, Ron ReedSr., Eleanor M. Green, MIT Press LTD
Item Height: 229 mm
Subject: Social Sciences
Publication Year: 2011
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 544 g
Subject Area: Social Organisations
Author: Julian Agyeman, Alison Hope Alkon
Item Width: 152 mm
Series: Food, Health, and the Environment
Format: Paperback
