More Than Just Food: Food Justice and Community Change Volume 60

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 color 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--More Than Just Food 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.

Author: Garrett Broad
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 02/09/2016
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780520287457
ISBN10: 0520287452
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Industries | General
- Cooking | History
- Social Science | Agriculture & Food (see also Political Science | Public Poli

About the Author
Garrett M. Broad is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University.