04 Nov Food Justice: A New Social Movement Takes Root
Robert Gottlieb (Urban & Environmental Policy Institute, Occidental College)
Thursday, November 4 / 11:30 AM
HSSB 1233
In today’s food system, farm workers face hazardous conditions, low-income neighborhoods lack supermarkets but abound in fast food franchises, and food products are developed to be convenient rather than wholesome. Opposing these inequities and excesses, a movement for food justice has emerged, which seeks to transform our food system from field to table. Robert Gottlieb discusses the increasing disconnect between food and the rising resistance movement.
If you would like to read a chapter from his book in advance of the event, please contact Ali Hendley at ahendley@umail.ucsb.edu
Sponsored by the IHC’s Food Studies RFG.