{"product_id":"nurturing-food-justice-isbn-9780262553698","title":"Nurturing Food Justice","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow diverse communities are finding new ways to grow food, build movements, and challenge institutions to create more just and sustainable food futures.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmid the intersecting crises of climate change and inequalities, \u003ci\u003eNurturing Food Justice \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an unflinching and inspiring take on the ways communities are working to create more just and sustainable worlds. An expansive follow-up to the field-defining \u003ci\u003eCultivating Food Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, this edited volume provides an overview of food justice scholar-activism, redefining the field and looking to future theoretical and political futures. The contributors synthesize and analyze the findings of food justice research to imagine socioecological relationships that are both environmentally sustainable and socially just. They tell new stories of what food justice is, what it is for, and what it can become.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors, who include a racially diverse group of scholars, students, and activists from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds across the US, highlight the inward-facing movement work of communities envisioning and enacting their own food- and land-based traditions, as well as external work as they build alliances with institutions and kindred social movements.Alison Hope Alkon is Professor of Community Studies and Sociology at University of California, Santa Cruz. She is author or coeditor of \u003ci\u003eBlack, White, and Green\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Food Activism\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Recipe for Gentrification\u003c\/i\u003e. With Julian Agyeman, she is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eCultivating Food Justice\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulian Agyeman is Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. His books include \u003ci\u003eIntroducing Just Sustainabilities\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSustainable Communities and the Challenge of Environmental Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSharing Cities\u003c\/i\u003e. With Alison Alkon, he is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eCultivating Food Justice\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233443492069,"sku":"NP9780262553698","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262553698.jpg?v=1767733969","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/nurturing-food-justice-isbn-9780262553698","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}