Bite Back

People Taking On Corporate Food and Winning

AvSaru Jayaraman,Kathryn De Master

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

The food system is broken, but there is a revolution underway to fix it. Bite Back presents an urgent call to action and a vision for disrupting corporate power in the food system, a vision shared with countless organizers and advocates worldwide. In this provocative and inspiring new book, editors Saru Jayaraman and Kathryn De Master bring together leading experts and activists who are challenging corporate power by addressing injustices in our food system, from wage inequality to environmental destruction to corporate bullying.In paired chapters, authors present a problem arising from corporate control of the food system and then recount how an organizing campaign successfully tackled it. This unique solutions-oriented book allows readers to explore the core contemporary challenges embedded in our food system and learn how we can push back against corporate greed to benefit workers and consumers everywhere.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-05-12
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:University of California Press
Antal sidor:328
Förlag:University of California Press
Medarbetare:Marion Nestle
ISBN:9780520289369

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Saru Jayaraman is Director of the Food Labor Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley, President of One Fair Wage, cofounder of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United), and author of Behind the Kitchen Door and Forked: A New Standard for American Dining.Kathryn De Master is a rural sociologist in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley, and an affiliated scholar with the UC Berkeley Food Institute.

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"In this cleverly titled collection, attorney Saru Jayaraman and rural sociologist Kathryn De Master conclude that corporations control much of our food because of 'their unbridled, unregulated power over our democracy.'"

Innehållsförteckning

ForewordMarion NestleIntroductionKathryn De Master and Saru Jayaraman1.SEEDSCall to Action • How Corporations Control Our SeedsPhilip H. HowardCollective Response • Taking Back Our SeedsKristina “Kiki” Hubbard2.PESTICIDESCall to Action • Pesticide Purveyors and Corporate PowerJill Lindsey HarrisonCollective Response • Drift Catchers Combatting Pesticide PowerEmily Marquez, Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, and Kristin Schafer3.EXTRACTIONCall to Action • Devil’s Bargain: Fractured Farms or Freedom?Kathryn De Master and Stephanie A. MalinCollective Response • Food and Water over FrackingWenonah Hauter and Seth A. Gladstone4 .LABORCall to Action • Food Workers versus Food GiantsJoann Lo and Jose OlivaCollective Response • Food Workers Taking On GoliathSaru Jayaraman5.HEALTHCall to Action • Fast Food Embodied: Industrial DietsKristine Madsen and Wendi GoslinerCollective Response • Moving a McMountainAnna Lappé and Kelle Louaillier6.HUNGERCall to Action • Hunger Incorporated: Who Benefitsfrom Anti-Hunger Efforts?Andy FisherCollective Response • Progress over Povertythrough Political PowerJim Araby7.TRADECall to Action • The Corporate Stock in TradeRaj Patel and Maywa Montenegro de WitCollective Response • Food Sovereigntyin Japan and BeyondAyumi Kinezuka and Maywa Montenegro de WitConclusion: Stand Up, Bite BackSaru Jayaraman and Kathryn De MasterAfterword: Taking Action to Create ChangeJudy HertzAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyContributorsIndex