- 196 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This book documents food insecurity in urban communities across the United States and asks whether emerging urban food and agriculture initiatives can address the food security needs of American city dwellers.
While America has sufficient food to feed its entire population, 38 million people are food insecure, with urban communities and communities of color having long borne the brunt of food inequalities. This book traces the evolving story of food by describing the people behind food system statistics, focusing on cities and suburban communities across America. In doing so, it raises questions not only about food security but about a food economy that can foster justice and sustainability and combat hunger and waste. By linking human faces to the data, the book reveals the many connections between food insecurity and unsustainable practices. The book concludes by discussing some of the pathways toward a more sustainable and just food system by linking the food system to the larger economy and the many sectors that are connected to food. Because of these multifaceted connections, food can be a unique catalyst for creating pathways toward a more just and sustainable economy that is more aligned with nature.
This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of food justice, food security, urban food and agriculture, urban sustainability, and sustainable food systems more broadly.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Why are people in the richest country on earth food insecure?
- 3. Who is food insecure and who is not? The story of too much and not enough food in US cities
- 4. Food is more than food: Connecting the dots between food and green cities
- 5. Finding the friends of food security: The diverse faces of new urban and regional food system innovators in US cities
- 6. How do we get there from here? Pathways toward the food system we want
- 7. Conclusions
- Index