{"product_id":"growing-gardens-building-power-food-justice-and-urban-agriculture-in-brooklyn-9780813589015","title":"Growing Gardens Building Power  Food Justice and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDives 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGrowing Gardens, Building Power\u003c\/i\u003e 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGrowing Gardens, Building Power\u003c\/i\u003e 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eGrowing Gardens, Building Power\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1          Introduction: From Food to Food Justice  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2          The Social Roots of Food Inequities in East New York\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e3          Community Gardens: Spaces of Resistance \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e4          Realizing Social Justice at the Farmers Market: The Importance of the State \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e5          Money and the Movement: The Limits of Nonprofit Activism \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e6          Addressing Inequities in Grocery Retailing: Cheap Food vs. High Road Jobs\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e7          Conclusion: Beyond Access, Towards Food Justice \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAppendix: The Research Process\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405794681175,"sku":"9780813589015","price":105.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813589015.jpg?v=1730493645","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/growing-gardens-building-power-food-justice-and-urban-agriculture-in-brooklyn-9780813589015","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}