The new food activism : opposition, cooperation, and collective action /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors:	Alkon, Alison Hope (Editor), Guthman, Julie (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Food security > United States. Sustainable agriculture > Social aspects > United States. Organic farming > United States. Food > Political aspects. Food consumption > United States. Social justice > United States. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Alison Hope Alkon and Julie Guthman
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
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 purchase: food cooperatives and their pursuit of justice / Andrew Zitcer
Collectivizing markets to strengthen communities: cooperative social practices, self-determination, and the struggle for food justice in Oakland and Chicago / Meliza 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.