Description
Book SynopsisDives into the heart of the food justice movement through an exploration of East New York Farms!, one of the oldest food justice organisations in Brooklyn. The book details the food inequities the community faces, and how residents mobilized to turn vacant land into community gardens.
Trade Review"
Growing Gardens, Building Power does a thorough job of engaging and explaining many of the most current debates in food justice activism, and the issues that make such activism necessary. The scholarship is excellent; Myers has a gift for storytelling." -- Alison Alkon * author of Cultivating Food Justice: Race, Class, and Sustainability *
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Growing Gardens, Building Power is truly the first book to put the extensive historical analysis of structural problems —redlining, disinvestment, housing discrimination— together with food justice issues. This will be a book that will change minds." -- E. Melanie DuPuis * author of Dangerous Digestion: The Politics of American Dietary Advice *
"In
Growing Gardens, Building Power, Professor Justin Sean Myers delves into the origins of food inequity and the politics of food justice. To do so, he follows East New York Farms! (ENYF!) as they fight to deliver food justice to marginalized communities in Brooklyn, New York. Myers touches on the inequalities residents face, the potential of community gardens, and the challenges ENYF! has overcome." -- Julia Agostino * Food Tank *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
1 Introduction: From Food to Food Justice
2 The Social Roots of Food Inequities in East New York
3 Community Gardens: Spaces of Resistance
4 Realizing Social Justice at the Farmers Market: The Importance of the State
5 Money and the Movement: The Limits of Nonprofit Activism
6 Addressing Inequities in Grocery Retailing: Cheap Food vs. High Road Jobs
7 Conclusion: Beyond Access, Towards Food Justice
Appendix: The Research Process
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
