Back to the roots : memory, inequality, and urban agriculture / Sara Shostak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shostak, Sara, author.

Series:

Nature, society, and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban agriculture--Massachusetts.

Urban agriculture.

Massachusetts.

Physical Description:

vii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, urban farmers and gardeners are reclaiming cultural traditions linked to food, farming, and health; challenging systemic racism and injustice in the food system; demanding greater community control of resources in marginalized neighborhoods; and moving towards their visions of more equitable urban futures. As part of this urgent work, urban farmers and gardeners encounter and reckon with both the cultural meanings and material legacies of the past. Drawing on their narratives, Back to the Roots demonstrates that urban agriculture is a critical domain for explorations of, and challenges to, the long standing inequalities that shape both the materiality of cities and the bodies of their inhabitants"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Cultivating the Commonwealth

2. The Powers of Food

3. Lineages and Land

4. Stories of the Soil

5. Urban Futures.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813590141

0813590140

9780813590158

0813590159

OCLC:

1184122819

Publisher Number:

99989132041