Back to the Roots: Memory, Inequality, and Urban Agriculture (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813590141)

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.


Author: Sara Shostak
ISBN-10: 0813590140
ISBN-13: 9780813590141
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/14/2021
Pages: 236
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d