Life on the Other Border: Farmworkers and Food Justice in Vermont

In her timely new book, Teresa M. Mares explores the intersections of structural vulnerability and food insecurity experienced by migrant farmworkers in the northeastern borderlands of the United States. Through ethnographic portraits of Latinx farmworkers who labor in Vermont's dairy industry, Mares powerfully illuminates the complex and resilient ways workers sustain themselves and their families while also serving as the backbone of the state's agricultural economy. In doing so, Life on the Other Border exposes how broader movements for food justice and labor rights play out in the agricultural sector, and powerfully points to the misaligned agriculture and immigration policies impacting our food system today.


Author: Teresa M. Mares
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 04/16/2019
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780520295735
ISBN10: 0520295730
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Emigration & Immigration
- Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity

About the Author
Teresa M. Mares is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Vermont.