Urban agriculture is increasingly considered an important part of creating just and sustainable cities. Yet the benefits that many people attribute to urban agriculture--fresh food, green space, educational opportunities--can mask structural inequities, thereby making political transformation harder to achieve. Realizing social and environmental justice requires moving beyond food production to address deeper issues such as structural racism, gender inequity, and economic disparities. Beyond the Kale argues that urban agricultural projects focused explicitly on dismantling...
Urban agriculture is increasingly considered an important part of creating just and sustainable cities. Yet the benefits that many people attribute...
Realizing social and environmental justice requires moving beyond food production to address deeper issues such as structural racism, gender inequity, and economic disparities, "Beyond the Kale "argues that urban agricultural projects focused on dismantling oppressive systems have the greatest potential to achieve substantive social change.
Realizing social and environmental justice requires moving beyond food production to address deeper issues such as structural racism, gender inequity,...
