Black, White, and Green Farmers Markets, Race, and the Green Economy

Name: Black, White, and Green Farmers Markets, Race, and the Green Economy
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ISBN: 9780820343907

ISBN-10: 0820343900

ISBN-13: 9780820343907

Edition: 2012

Authors: Alison Hope Alkon, Deborah Cowen, Nik Heynen, Melissa Wright

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Farmers markets are much more than places to buy produce. According to advocates for sustainable food systems, they are also places to “vote with your fork” for environmental protection, vibrant communities, and strong local economies. Farmers markets have become essential to the movement for food-system reform and are a shining example of a growing green economy where consumers can shop their way to social change.Black, White, and Greenbrings new energy to this topic by exploring dimensions of race and class as they relate to farmers markets and the green economy. With a focus on two Bay Area markets—one in the primarily white neighborhood of North Berkeley, and the other in largely black…

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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication date: 11/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Alison Hope Alkon is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Pacific.



List of Illustrations


Preface



Going Green, Growing Green



Understanding the Green Economy



The Taste of Place



Creating Just Sustainability



Who Participates in the Green Economy?



Greening Growth



Farmers Markets, Race, and the Green Economy


Epilogue. Reading, Writing, Relationship


Notes


References


Index