Food Justice

Name: Food Justice
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ISBN: 9780262518666

ISBN-10: 026251866X

ISBN-13: 9780262518666

Edition: 2013

Authors: Robert Gottlieb, Anupama Joshi

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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 ofAmerican 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 yearsseeking to transform the food system from seed to table. In Food Justice, RobertGottlieb and Anupama Joshi tell the story of this emerging movement. A foodjustice framework ensures that the benefits and risks of how food is grown and…

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List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 1/25/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface


Series Foreword


Introduction: Taking Root


Rethinking School Food in New Orleans


Defining Food Justice


Why a Book on Food Justice?



An Unjust Food System



Growing and Producing Food


Slavery in the Fields


Farmworkers at the Margins


The Canary's Song: Chemicals in the Factories and on the Land


Turning Farms into Factories


Cows: "A Great Place to Live"?


Swine: Stench and Sludge


Chickens: The Tyson Way



Accessing Food


Grocery Gaps


Supersizing Supermarkets


Cars to Carts


The Tesco Invasion


Convenient Calorie Culture


Eating Out, Fast, Cheap, and More



Consuming Food


Dismantling Malbouffe


Downsizing Cooking


Health Not on the Label


Overfed but Poorly Nourished


Manipulating Food Choices



Food Politics


The People's Department


Farm Bill Debates


School Food Politics


Taming Hunger


Cultivating Change



The Food System Goes Global


Chinese Garlic in the United States, Potato Chips in China


Black Rice and Banana Republic


Going Global


Wal-Mex Takes Over


Globesity


Food Sovereignty: Global Struggles



Food Justice Action and Strategies



Growing Justice


The Little Farm in Paper City


The Battles in the Fields


Immigrants Breaking Ground


Reinventing Farming


Urban Farmers



Forging New Food Routes


A Philadelphia Story


At Face Value


Farmers' Markets for All?


A Share in the Harvest: The CSA Model


Scaling Up: The Farm to School Program



Transforming the Food Experience


A Slow Food Epiphany


Going Local


Connecting with Food


A Place-Based Food Culture



A New Food Politics


Sowing the Seeds of CFP


Filling a Vacuum: Food Policy Councils


State Campaigns


School Food Revolution


Empowering the Hungry



An Emerging Movement


Eat the View


The Multiple Layers of Food Justice


The Change Agenda


Finding a Voice


Notes


Index