2016
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The industrial food system has created a crisis in the United States that is characterized by abundant food for privileged citizens and “food deserts” for the historically marginalized. In response, food justice activists based in low-income communities of color have developed community-based solutions, arguing that activities like urban agriculture, nutrition education, and food-related social enterprises can drive systemic social change. Focusing on the work of several food justice groups—including Community Services Unlimited, a South Los Angeles organization founded as the nonprofit arm of the Southern California Black Panther Party—More Than Just Food explores the possibilities and limitations of the community-based approach, offering a networked examination of the food justice movement in the age of the nonprofit industrial complex.
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Garrett M. Broad
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Garrett Broad is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University in New York City. A native of the Philadelphia area, he grew up in Southern New Jersey and completed his undergraduate education at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He earned his PhD at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication in Los Angeles and was then awarded the George Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. A scholar-activist, his research and teaching blends the theoretical foundations of media and cultural studies with applied social science methods, all in an effort to advance social justice, community health and environmental sustainability.
