Food justice / Robert Gottlieb and Anupama Joshi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gottlieb, Robert, 1944- author.

Joshi, Anupama, author.

Series:

Food, health, and the environment.

Food, health, and the environment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food industry and trade--Moral and ethical aspects.

Food industry and trade.

Food industry and trade--Environmental aspects.

Agriculture--Environmental aspects.

Agriculture.

Sustainable agriculture.

Food--Marketing.

Food.

Grocery trade.

Physical Description:

vii, 290 p., [12] p. of plates : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The story of how the emerging food justice movement is seeking to transform the American food system from seed to table. In today's food system, farm workers face difficult and hazardous conditions, low-income neighborhoods lack supermarkets but abound in fast-food restaurants and liquor stores, food products emphasize convenience rather than wholesomeness, and the international reach of American fast-food franchises has been a major contributor to an epidemic of "globesity." To combat these inequities and excesses, a movement for food justice has emerged in recent years seeking to transform the food system from seed to table. In Food Justice, Robert Gottlieb and Anupama Joshi tell the story of this emerging movement. A food justice framework ensures that the benefits and risks of how food is grown and processed, transported, distributed, and consumed are shared equitably. Gottlieb and Joshi recount the history of food injustices and describe current efforts to change the system, including community gardens and farmer training in Holyoke, Massachusetts, youth empowerment through the Rethinkers in New Orleans, farm-to-school programs across the country, and the Los Angeles school system's elimination of sugary soft drinks from its cafeterias. And they tell how food activism has succeeded at the highest level: advocates waged a grassroots campaign that convinced the Obama White House to plant a vegetable garden. The first comprehensive inquiry into this emerging movement, Food Justice addresses the increasing disconnect between food and culture that has resulted from our highly industrialized food system.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Series Foreword

Introduction: Taking Root

I An Unjust Food System

1 Growing and Producing Food

2 Accessing Food

3 Consuming Food

4 Food Politics

5 The Food System Goes Global

II Food Justice Action and Strategies

6 Growing Justice

7 Forging New Food Routes

8 Transforming the Food Experience

9 A New Food Politics

10 An Emerging Movement

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9786613020093

9780262288644

0262288648

9781283020091

1283020092

9780262289443

026228944X

OCLC:

832565545