Growing Gardens, Building Power – Food Justice and Urban Agriculture in Brookly…

Growing Gardens, Building PowerFood Justice and Urban Agriculture in Brooklyn\nAuthor(s): Justin Sean Myers\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9780813589015, 978-0813589015\nSynopsis\nAcross the United States marginalized communities are organizing to address social, economic, and environmental inequities through building community food systems rooted in the principles of social [url] how exactly are communities doing this work, why are residents tackling these issues through food, what are their successes, and what barriers are they encountering?This book dives into the heart of the food justice movement through an exploration of East New York Farms! (ENYF!), one of the oldest food justice organizations in Brooklyn, and one that emerged from a bottom-up asset-oriented development [url] details the food inequities the community faces and what produced them, how and why residents mobilized to turn vacant l.