The Ne Food Activism Opposition, Cooperation, and Collective Action [Hardcover]

The New Food Activismexplores how food activism can be pushed toward deeper and more complex engagement with social, racial, and economic justice and toward advocating for broader and more transformational shifts in the food system. Topics examined include struggles against pesticides and GMOs, efforts to improve workers’ pay and conditions throughout the food system, and ways to push food activism beyond its typical reliance on individualism, consumerism, and private property. The authors challenge and advance existing discourse on consumer trends, food movements, and the intersection of food with racial and economic inequalities.

Alison Hope Alkonis Associate Professor of Sociology and cofounder of the master’s degree program in food studies at the University of the Pacific. She is the author ofBlack, White, and Green: Farmers Markets, Race, and the Green Economyand coeditor ofCultivating Food Justice: Race, Class, and Sustainability.

Julie Guthmanis Professor of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the author ofAgrarian Dreams: The Paradox of Organic Farming in CaliforniaandWeighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism.

"A convincing roundup that demonstrates that the food movement is (finally) coming of age,The New Food Activismis a chronicle of a dozen important victories around agriculture, justice, public health, and more, which points the way toward a future in which food is increasingly a focus of crucial rights movements. A must-read for food organizers and their allies."—Mark Bittman, food columnist and author of How to Cook Everything

"People want to eat ethically, and to do that, they need to care about the well-being of workers throughout the food system. This book highlights a promising direction for food activism, one that puts the lived experience of thosls*