{"product_id":"food-justice-robert-gottlieb-9780262518666","title":"Food Justice","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe story of how the emerging food justice movement is seeking to transform the American food system from seed to table.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 of American 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 years seeking to transform the food system from seed to table. In \u003ci\u003eFood Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Gottlieb and Anupama Joshi tell the story of this emerging movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA food justice framework ensures that the benefits and risks of how food is grown and processed, transported, distributed, and consumed are shared equitably. Gottlieb and Joshi recount the history of food injustices and describe current efforts to change the system, including community gardens and farmer training in Holyoke, Massachusetts, youth empowerment through the Rethinkers in New Orleans, farm-to-school programs across the country, and the Los Angeles school system's elimination of sugary soft drinks from its cafeterias. And they tell how food activism has succeeded at the highest level: advocates waged a grassroots campaign that convinced the Obama White House to plant a vegetable garden. The first comprehensive inquiry into this emerging movement, \u003ci\u003e Food Justice\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the increasing disconnect between food and culture that has resulted from our highly industrialized food system. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Gottlieb, Anupama Joshi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 026251866X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262518666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.06w x 0.71d","brand":"Robert Gottlieb","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044501156095,"sku":"9780262518666","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ee0ad133-d7b1-4e7b-9aeb-57fc1964211b.jpg?v=1684973217","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/food-justice-robert-gottlieb-9780262518666","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}