The New Food Activism : Opposition, Cooperation, and Collective Action /

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"New and exciting forms of food activism are emerging as supporters of sustainable agriculture increasingly recognize the need for a broader, more strategic and more politicized food politics that engages with questions of social, racial, and economic justice. This book highlights examples of c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Guthman, Julie (Editor ), Alkon, Alison Hope (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Justice sociale > États-Unis.
Aliments > Consommation > États-Unis.
Aliments > Aspect politique.
Agriculture durable > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Agriculture biologique > États-Unis.
Securite alimentaire > États-Unis.
Sustainable agriculture > Social aspects.
Social justice.
Organic farming.
Food security.
Food consumption.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Social justice > United States.
Food consumption > United States.
Food > Political aspects.
Organic farming > United States.
Sustainable agriculture > Social aspects > United States.
Food security > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Alison Hope Alkon and Julie Guthman
  • Regulatory campaigns. Taking a different tack : pesticide regulatory reform activism in California / Jill Lindsey Harrison
  • How Canadian farmers fought and won the battle against GM wheat / Emily Eaton
  • How Midas lost its golden touch : neoliberalism and activist strategy in the demise of methyl iodide in California / Julie Guthman and Sandy Brown
  • Working for workers. Resetting the good food table : labor and food justice alliances in Los Angeles / Joshua Sbicca
  • Food workers and consumers organizing together for food justice / Joann Lo and Biko Koenig
  • Farmworker-led food movements then and now : the United Farmworkers, the coalition of Immokalee workers, and the potential for farm labor justice / Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern
  • Collective practices. Collective purchase : food cooperatives and their pursuit of justice / Andrew Zitcer
  • Cooperative social practices, self-determination, and the struggle for food justice in Oakland and Chicago / Meleiza Figuoera and Alison Hope Alkon
  • Urban agriculture, food justice, and neoliberal urbanization : rebuilding the institution of property / Michelle Glowa
  • Boston's emerging food solidarity economy / Penn Loh and Julian Agyeman
  • Grounding the US food movement : bringing land into food justice / Tanya M. Kerssen and Zoe W. Brent
  • Conclusion: a new food politics / Alison Hope Alkon and Julie Guthman.

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