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Informationen zum Autor Camille Tuason Mata is a Philippine-born American who has been studying food systems and sustainability since 2000, when she began her graduate studies in urban and regional planning at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She subsequently went on to complete a MA in social change and development at the University of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia, in 2002 and a MA in liberal arts with a concentration in environmental studies at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, in 2009. Klappentext This book is a comprehensive analysis of the barriers and opportunities confronting minority communities' ability to access healthy, fresh foods. Mata uses three minority districts in Oakland-Chinatown, Fruitvale, and West Oakland-to examine the patterns of marginalization in relation to the sustainable food system of the California Bay Area. Zusammenfassung This book is a comprehensive analysis of the barriers and opportunities confronting minority communities’ ability to access healthy, fresh foods. Mata uses three minority districts in Oakland—Chinatown, Fruitvale, and West Oakland—to examine the patterns of marginalization in relation to the sustainable food system of the California Bay Area. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceAcknowledgements1. Introduction: Framing the Indicators for Measuring Minority Food Access2. Community Food Security: An Evolving Concept3. Localizing Food Security: Oakland's Experience4. The History of Farming Access for Minority Farmers5. Historicizing Access to the Sustainable Food System through CSAs, Farmer's Markets, and Urban Gardens6. Summarizing Marginalization and Concluding Remarks7. Bibliography About the Author

Product details

• Authors: Camille Tuason Mata, Mata Camille Tuason, Camille Tuason Mata
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2013
• EAN: 9780761860532
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6053-2
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); California, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry, Food & society, Sustainable agriculture, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Urban communities, Agriculture & Related Industries, Cultural studies: food and society