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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Food Justice"”.
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FOOD JUSTICE IN POST-INDUSTRIAL US CITIES: THE ROLE OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
… post-industrial urban neighborhoods with food-insecure and vulnerable populations, and (ii) explore and analyze the role of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) in addressing place-based food insecurity. The study used mixed-methods, including qualitative GIS, statistical tests, surveys, …
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"Peru's ""Gastronomic Boom"": critical perspectives on elite gastronomy and social food justice"
… economic inequalities in Peru. Using concepts of food justice, including food security, food sovereignty, food regimes, communities of food practice and food gentrification, I think through the Gastronomic Boom and discuss it’s potential for contributing to a substantive food movement that would …
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Exploring Cultural Identity and Engagement among Hispanic Youth: Implications for Food Justice and Food System Development
… lifestyles and access to quality, nutritious food for marginalized groups, specifically Hispanics, is becoming an increasing topic of conversation. However, issues of access, availability, lack of initiatives in many areas which allow these individuals to become involved in the local food …
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A Narrative Inquiry of Black Leader Self-Determination for Urban Food Justice: A Critical Race Theory Perspective
… of current leaders or those organizing for food justice with youth in black communities. This research explored the experiences of self-determination and empowerment of African American community organizers and educators, providing community-based educational opportunities to youth. It also …
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THE ROLE OF THE URBAN ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER IN ADDRESSING FOOD JUSTICE: FROM FARM TO FAMILIES AND BEYOND
With food and nutrition insecurity driving diet-related chronic health conditions in urban settings, strategies that facilitate access to fresh fruits and vegetables are imperative. Food is Medicine is a philosophy that embraces the integration of nutrition education and food subsidies into health …
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Promoting an Equitable Eating-Out Food Environment through the Application of a Food Justice Frame: A Case Study
… the effectiveness of developing and applying a "food justice frame" as a mobilization tool to promote an equitable Eating-out Food Environment (EOFE) in an urban neighborhood of Pittsburgh. A mixed-methods approach was taken to gather material and perception data, culminating in a community …
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Bay Area Student Involvement in the Environmental and Food Justice Movements: A Narrative of Motivations, Experiences, and Community Impact
… habitat destruction, and other environmental injustices. Community organizations and university programs are filling this much-needed gap in student environmental education, as they involve youth in understanding the principles of environmental activism, justice, and sustainability. But who are …
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Exploring culturally meaningful definitions of justice and resilience through the lens of sovereign Indigenous foodways
… thesis I explore frameworks of environmental justice, food justice, and community resilience that center Indigenous communities and their perspectives. First, I conducted an integrative literature review on environmental injustice that uniquely impacts Indigenous communities, specifically as …
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Successes and Challenges in Implementing Food-insecurity Interventions: A Descriptive Case Study of Feeding America Food Banks in Kentucky
Food is a human right, and fighting food insecurity is fighting for food justice. Food insecurity remains a pressing global challenge despite efforts to secure adequate food resources. Feeding America fights rising food insecurity in the United States. It delivers various intervention programs …
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Neoliberalism and alternative food movements: markets, the state, and knowledge production in Southern California
Alternative food movements are promoted as solutions to environmental and social problems in the context of neoliberalism in the Unites States. Scholarly literature is divided over whether alternative food movements are reproducing the very structures of oppression they have sought to overcome, …
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The role of environmental justice in the fight against gentrification
Nationwide environmental justice organizations are involved in campaigns to address gentrification within their communities. This thesis explores the ways in which these organizations connect the issue of gentrification to environmental issues and how they are using community organizing to confront …
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Growing Toward the Sun: How the Good-Food Movement Catapulted a Small New York City Third-Sector Organization into Rapid Growth, Success, and Many Challenges
… organization focused on what it calls "food justice." This study concentrates on how this organization, that I call Food Rights, has built a broad multi-sector network made up of a varied set of constituents and collaborators aiming to develop and promote an alternative food system for …
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Seeds That We Keep: Grounding Seedkeeping Praxis for Growing Black Food Futures in the Mid-Atlantic
Reform within food justice initiatives calls for emergent strategies and practices that align with pursuits of justice, health equity, ecological sustainability, and collective social change. Examining historical and contemporary Black geographies of the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States …
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Within the red lines: a qualitative case study of food insecurity among homeless people in one of Kansas City’s historically redlined districts
… States has led to increased homelessness and food insecurity. Most research on the links between food insecurity and homelessness in the United States is guided by cumulative risk and stress process theories. Both theories shed light on the individual and community-level factors that influence …
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Cultivating the City: Urban Agriculture and Agrarian Questions in Brooklyn, New York
… environmental criticism of the conventional agro-food system, food is now highly politicized. In this context, urban agriculture enjoys renewed interest as a primary space to engage the politics of food. In this dissertation, I explore urban agriculture as a window into food politics. Using the …
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Applying a Systems Approach to the Legacy of Lead in Soil
… waste reduction, community cohesion, and food justice in NYC and beyond.</p>
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THE URBAN-AGRICULTURAL CITY AS A HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY: A CASE STUDY OF PHILADELPHIA
… to the contemporary application of racial justice practices within urban farming initiatives in Philadelphia by uncovering and critically analyzing key aspects of the city’s history that have created agriculture-related injustice. Three methodological tools were used in this study: archival …
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A critical content analysis of children's literature featuring Black agriculturalists
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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What’s Good: Sharing Food and Meaning-Making Among Commensals
… over an individual’s lifetime in the context of food, meals, and commensality, this research applies a critical phenomenological lens to food-centered life histories centered on the life experiences of childhood, adulthood and the diffusion of food knowledge within a food centric community …
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Decolonize Your Diet
<p>With the industrialization of the food system in past decades, convenience foods have become the cornerstone of the standard American diet. This spike in obesity rates has been more impactful for some populations than for others. In low-income communities of color, fast and processed foods are …
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