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Bite back : people taking on corporate food and winning / edited by Saru Jayaraman and Kathryn De Master ; foreword by Marion Nestle.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: x, 312 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780520289352
  • 0520289358
  • 9780520289369
  • 0520289366
Subject(s):
Contents:
Foreword / Marion Nestle -- Introduction / Saru Jayaraman and Kathryn De Master -- Call to action : how corporations control our seeds / Philip H. Howard -- Collective response : taking back our seeds / Kristina "Kiki" Hubbard -- Call to action : pesticide purveyors and corporate power / Jill Lindsey Harrison -- Collective response : driftcatchers combatting pesticide power / Emily Marquez, Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, and Kristin Schafer -- Call to action : devil's bargains : fractured farms or freedom? / Kathryn De Master and Stephanie A. Malin -- Collective response : food and water over fracking / Wenonah Hauter and Seth A. Gladstone -- Call to action : food workers versus food giants / Joann Lo and Jose Oliva -- Collective response : food workers taking on Goliath / Saru Jayaraman -- Call to action : fast food embodied : industrial diets / Kristine Madsen and Wendi Gosliner -- Moving a McMountain / Anna Lappé and Kelle Louaillier -- Call to action : hunger incorporated : who benefits from anti-hunger efforts? / Andy Fisher -- Collective response : progress over poverty through political power / Jim Araby -- Call to action : the corporate stock in trade / Raj Patel and Maywa Montenegro de Wit -- Collective response : food sovereignty in Japan and beyond / Ayumi Kinezuka and Maywa Montenegro de Wit -- Conclusion : stand up, bite back / Saru Jayaraman and Kathryn De Master -- Afterword : activist's toolkit / Judy Hertz.
Summary: "The food system is broken, but there is a revolution underway to fix it. Bite Back presents an urgent call and 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. Each topical section presents an overview of a problem related to corporate control of the food system and then offers the story of a successful organizing campaign that tackled the problem. This unique solutions-oriented book allows readers to explore the core contemporary challenges embedded in our food system and learn how people and communities can push back against corporate greed to benefit workers and consumers everywhere. It is essential reading for anyone interested in food today"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Marion Nestle -- Introduction / Saru Jayaraman and Kathryn De Master -- Call to action : how corporations control our seeds / Philip H. Howard -- Collective response : taking back our seeds / Kristina "Kiki" Hubbard -- Call to action : pesticide purveyors and corporate power / Jill Lindsey Harrison -- Collective response : driftcatchers combatting pesticide power / Emily Marquez, Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, and Kristin Schafer -- Call to action : devil's bargains : fractured farms or freedom? / Kathryn De Master and Stephanie A. Malin -- Collective response : food and water over fracking / Wenonah Hauter and Seth A. Gladstone -- Call to action : food workers versus food giants / Joann Lo and Jose Oliva -- Collective response : food workers taking on Goliath / Saru Jayaraman -- Call to action : fast food embodied : industrial diets / Kristine Madsen and Wendi Gosliner -- Moving a McMountain / Anna Lappé and Kelle Louaillier -- Call to action : hunger incorporated : who benefits from anti-hunger efforts? / Andy Fisher -- Collective response : progress over poverty through political power / Jim Araby -- Call to action : the corporate stock in trade / Raj Patel and Maywa Montenegro de Wit -- Collective response : food sovereignty in Japan and beyond / Ayumi Kinezuka and Maywa Montenegro de Wit -- Conclusion : stand up, bite back / Saru Jayaraman and Kathryn De Master -- Afterword : activist's toolkit / Judy Hertz.

"The food system is broken, but there is a revolution underway to fix it. Bite Back presents an urgent call and 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. Each topical section presents an overview of a problem related to corporate control of the food system and then offers the story of a successful organizing campaign that tackled the problem. This unique solutions-oriented book allows readers to explore the core contemporary challenges embedded in our food system and learn how people and communities can push back against corporate greed to benefit workers and consumers everywhere. It is essential reading for anyone interested in food today"-- Provided by publisher.

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