More Than Just Food: Food Justice and Community Change Volume 60 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520287457)

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
ISBN-10: 0520287452
ISBN-13: 9780520287457
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 02/09/2016
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2016