Across the United States marginalized communities are organizing to address social, economic, and environmental inequities through building community food systems rooted in the principles of social justice. But how exactly are communities doing this work, why are residents tackling these issues thro...

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1. Verfasser:	Myers, Justin Sean (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New Brunswick, NJ Rutgers University Press [2023]
Schriftenreihe:	Nature, Society, and Culture
Schlagworte:	SOCIAL SCIENCE / General Food security > New York (State) > New York Social justice > New York (State) > New York Urban agriculture > New York (State) > New York
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Zusammenfassung:	Across the United States marginalized communities are organizing to address social, economic, and environmental inequities through building community food systems rooted in the principles of social justice. But how exactly are communities doing this work, why are residents tackling these issues through food, what are their successes, and what barriers are they encountering? This book dives into the heart of the food justice movement through an exploration of East New York Farms! (ENYF!), one of the oldest food justice organizations in Brooklyn, and one that emerged from a bottom-up asset-oriented development model. It details the food inequities the community faces and what produced them, how and why residents mobilized to turn vacant land into community gardens, and the struggles the organization has encountered as they worked to feed residents through urban farms and farmers markets. This book also discusses how through the politics of food justice, ENYF! has challenged the growth-oriented development politics of City Hall, opposed the neoliberalization of food politics, navigated the funding constraints of philanthropy and the welfare state, and opposed the entrance of a Walmart into their community. Through telling this story, Growing Gardens, Building Power offers insights into how the food justice movement is challenging the major structures and institutions that seek to curtail the transformative power of the food justice movement and its efforts to build a more just and sustainable world
Beschreibung:	Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Nov 2022)
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (ix, 234 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:	9780813589039
DOI:	10.36019/9780813589039