Black, White, and Green: Farmers Markets, Race, and the Green Economy (Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation)
Geographies of justice and social transformation · Book 13Description
Through an ethnographic study of farmers markets in North Berkeley and West Oakland, this book examines how local, organic food becomes connected to ideas about environmental protection, community building, and economic change. It explores how race and class shape the experiences and meanings attached to the green economy, from the perspectives of market managers and vendors to those of consumers. Bringing food politics into conversation with environmental justice, the book considers both the promise and the limitations of consumer-driven approaches to social transformation. Its nuanced analysis challenges assumptions about who benefits from sustainable food systems and whose visions of change remain marginalized.
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paperback
University of Georgia Press
Published Jan 1, 2012
206 pages
ISBN: 9780820343891
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First Published
2012
Language
eng
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