Finding justice in the food movements

Abstract

First paragraph: Justin Sean Myers’ Growing Gardens, Building Power: Food Justice and Urban Agriculture in Brooklyn docu­ments the emergence and development of urban agriculture in East New York. Using food as a lens, the book presents a detailed account of a commu­nity’s collective effort to confront its racialized history of segregation and disinvestment and simultaneously fight for food sovereignty and social justice. . . .

Keywords

• Food Justice
• Food Insecurity
• Urban Agriculture
• East New York