Confronting Hunger in the USA: Searching for Community Empowerment and Food Security in Food Access Programs

ISBN-13: 9780367668266 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 168 str.

Adam M. Pine

Opis

Food insecurity in the US is not caused by an inability to produce enough food, but is instead a manifestation of agricultural policies that support the overproduction of commodity crops, and social policies that lower the amount of benefits dispersed to those in need. This book focuses on how four different food-based community programs address bo

Spis treści

1. The Struggle to Build Community and Feed Society

2. Food Security, the Industrial Food System, and Community in the US

3. Creating Community and Empowerment in Community-Based Food Programs

 4. The Emerging Alternative Economies in Community-Based Food Programs

5. Neoliberalism and The Porous Continuum of Care for the Food Insecure

6. Looking for Paths to Food Access and Solidarity

O autorze

Adam M. Pine is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Urban, Environment and Sustainability Studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth, USA.