Joshua Sbicca is assistant professor of sociology at Colorado State University.

"By highlighting sites where justice, rather than food, is the primary motivator of social action, Joshua Sbicca’s timely and important book takes the conversation about food justice exactly where it needs to go."-Julie Guthman, co-editor of The New Food Activism: Opposition, Cooperation, and Collective Action"Can a food justice dialectics with a ‘radical imagination’ and strategies for change ameliorate economic and ethnoracial inequities? Joshua Sbicca’s searching analysis broadens food politics to new terrains of social movement building and struggle essential given today’s revanchist politics."-Julian Agyeman, Tufts University"Sbicca sees food justice as a universal cause that can unite and inspire broader social change, and his book provides a blueprint for activists who agree."-Civil Eats"This is an academic book but well worth reading for anyone who cares about building a movement with power to change food systems."-Food Politics"Sbicca challenges scholars and activists to locate the true causes of inequities and develop political strategies or social actions to overcome these causes."-Food Tank"Joshua Sbicca’s Food Justice Now! Deepening the Roots of Social Struggle calls for a radical new food politics led by social justice, which focuses its attention broadly on the roots of structural inequalities in the food system and beyond."-Antipode"Sbicca’s book stands out for its challenge to us to change both the way we think about food politics and about what counts as justice. We each came away from this book with a profound feeling that this work is fresh, necessary, and a long time coming."-Agriculture and Human Values"Food Justice Now! should be on every planner’s list to read this year. The book serves as a primer on food justice and its far-reaching effects to all parts of our society in the United States."-Carolina Planning Journal"Sbicca pushes the boundaries of the food justice movement forward in arguing for reformative modes of social relationships and organization to address institutional racism and neoliberal capitalism."-Food, Culture & Society

• Introduction: Food as Social Justice Politics1. Inequality and Resistance: The Legacy of Food and Justice Movements2. Opposing the Carceral State: Food-Based Prisoner Reentry Activism3. Taking Back the Economy: Fair Labor Relations and Food Worker Advocacy4. Immigration Food Fights: Challenging Borders and Bridging Social Boundaries5. Radicalizing Food Politics: Collective Power, Diversity, and SolidarityConclusion: Notes on the Future of Food JusticeAcknowledgmentsAppendix: Approach and DataNotesBibliographyIndex

Joshua Sbicca is assistant professor of sociology at Colorado State University.

"By highlighting sites where justice, rather than food, is the primary motivator of social action, Joshua Sbicca’s timely and important book takes the conversation about food justice exactly where it needs to go."-Julie Guthman, co-editor of The New Food Activism: Opposition, Cooperation, and Collective Action"Can a food justice dialectics with a ‘radical imagination’ and strategies for change ameliorate economic and ethnoracial inequities? Joshua Sbicca’s searching analysis broadens food politics to new terrains of social movement building and struggle essential given today’s revanchist politics."-Julian Agyeman, Tufts University"Sbicca sees food justice as a universal cause that can unite and inspire broader social change, and his book provides a blueprint for activists who agree."-Civil Eats"This is an academic book but well worth reading for anyone who cares about building a movement with power to change food systems."-Food Politics"Sbicca challenges scholars and activists to locate the true causes of inequities and develop political strategies or social actions to overcome these causes."-Food Tank"Joshua Sbicca’s Food Justice Now! Deepening the Roots of Social Struggle calls for a radical new food politics led by social justice, which focuses its attention broadly on the roots of structural inequalities in the food system and beyond."-Antipode"Sbicca’s book stands out for its challenge to us to change both the way we think about food politics and about what counts as justice. We each came away from this book with a profound feeling that this work is fresh, necessary, and a long time coming."-Agriculture and Human Values"Food Justice Now! should be on every planner’s list to read this year. The book serves as a primer on food justice and its far-reaching effects to all parts of our society in the United States."-Carolina Planning Journal"Sbicca pushes the boundaries of the food justice movement forward in arguing for reformative modes of social relationships and organization to address institutional racism and neoliberal capitalism."-Food, Culture & Society

• Introduction: Food as Social Justice Politics1. Inequality and Resistance: The Legacy of Food and Justice Movements2. Opposing the Carceral State: Food-Based Prisoner Reentry Activism3. Taking Back the Economy: Fair Labor Relations and Food Worker Advocacy4. Immigration Food Fights: Challenging Borders and Bridging Social Boundaries5. Radicalizing Food Politics: Collective Power, Diversity, and SolidarityConclusion: Notes on the Future of Food JusticeAcknowledgmentsAppendix: Approach and DataNotesBibliographyIndex

Joshua Sbicca is assistant professor of sociology at Colorado State University.

"By highlighting sites where justice, rather than food, is the primary motivator of social action, Joshua Sbicca’s timely and important book takes the conversation about food justice exactly where it needs to go."-Julie Guthman, co-editor of The New Food Activism: Opposition, Cooperation, and Collective Action"Can a food justice dialectics with a ‘radical imagination’ and strategies for change ameliorate economic and ethnoracial inequities? Joshua Sbicca’s searching analysis broadens food politics to new terrains of social movement building and struggle essential given today’s revanchist politics."-Julian Agyeman, Tufts University"Sbicca sees food justice as a universal cause that can unite and inspire broader social change, and his book provides a blueprint for activists who agree."-Civil Eats"This is an academic book but well worth reading for anyone who cares about building a movement with power to change food systems."-Food Politics"Sbicca challenges scholars and activists to locate the true causes of inequities and develop political strategies or social actions to overcome these causes."-Food Tank"Joshua Sbicca’s Food Justice Now! Deepening the Roots of Social Struggle calls for a radical new food politics led by social justice, which focuses its attention broadly on the roots of structural inequalities in the food system and beyond."-Antipode"Sbicca’s book stands out for its challenge to us to change both the way we think about food politics and about what counts as justice. We each came away from this book with a profound feeling that this work is fresh, necessary, and a long time coming."-Agriculture and Human Values"Food Justice Now! should be on every planner’s list to read this year. The book serves as a primer on food justice and its far-reaching effects to all parts of our society in the United States."-Carolina Planning Journal"Sbicca pushes the boundaries of the food justice movement forward in arguing for reformative modes of social relationships and organization to address institutional racism and neoliberal capitalism."-Food, Culture & Society

• Introduction: Food as Social Justice Politics1. Inequality and Resistance: The Legacy of Food and Justice Movements2. Opposing the Carceral State: Food-Based Prisoner Reentry Activism3. Taking Back the Economy: Fair Labor Relations and Food Worker Advocacy4. Immigration Food Fights: Challenging Borders and Bridging Social Boundaries5. Radicalizing Food Politics: Collective Power, Diversity, and SolidarityConclusion: Notes on the Future of Food JusticeAcknowledgmentsAppendix: Approach and DataNotesBibliographyIndex