Food Justice - Books
Brewing Justice by Call Number: E-BookISBN: 0520249593Publication Date: 2007-04-27
Food Justice by Call Number: HD9000.5 .G675 2010ISBN: 9780262072915Publication Date: 2010-09-24
Food Justice
Food justice movement: a movement that believes all communities, regardless of race or income, can have both increased access to healthy food and the power to influence a food system that prioritizes environment and human needs over corporate profits. The food justice movement also stresses that the cultivation of food systems that are both environmentally sustainable and socially just requires addressing institutionalized racism and economic barriers to food access. For example, communities of color and poor communities have time and again been denied access to the means of food production, and, due to both price and store location, often cannot access the diet advocated by the food movement. Through food justice activism, low-income communities and communities of color seek to create local food systems that meet their own food needs.
Credits:
Alkon, Alison Hope., and Julian Agyeman. Cultivating Food Justice: Race, Class, and Sustainability. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2011. Print.
Dr. Melissa Ooten, Associate Director of the WILL Program, University of Richmond.
- Virginia--An Emerging Leader in the Nation's Local Food MovementHIghlights motivations for the movement in Virginia, expected benefits, the need for nutritious food as a basic human right, etc. movement.
- Can a Food Justice Movement Improve Nutrition and Health?In response to increasing obesity, diabetes, and food-related contributions to climate change, many individuals and organizations are mobilizing to advocate for healthier and more just local and national food policies and systems. In this report, we describe and analyze the food movement in New York City, examine tensions within it, and consider its potential role in improving health and nutrition.
- USDA Resource Page on Food SecurityUSDA supports global food security through in-country capacity building, basic and applied research, and support for improved market information, statistics and analysis. With 870 million people around the world who do not have access to a sufficient supply of nutritious and safe food, establishing global food security is important not only to hundreds of millions of hungry people, but also to the sustainable economic growth of these nations and the long-term economic prosperity of the United States.
- Food Justice: Institute for Agriculture and Trade PolicyIATP works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems - See more at: http://www.iatp.org/about#sthash.m5xSGgl4.dpuf
- Food Policy CouncilsIn response to growing concerns about food deserts, obesity rates among children, the loss of prime agricultural lands, a dwindling farmer population, and environmental problems such as soil erosion and water contamination, more and more towns, cities, regions, and states are forming food policy councils (FPCs). This resource page describes the activities of various food policy councils.
