| Description |
1 online resource (166 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
MARGINALIZING ACCESS TO THE SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Framing the Indicators for Measuring Minority Food Access; 2. Community Food Security: An Evolving Concept; 3. Localizing Food Security: Oakland's Experience; 4. The History of Farming Access for Minority Farmers; 5. Historicizing Access to the Sustainable Food System through CSAs, Farmer's Markets, and Urban Gardens; 6. Summarizing Marginalization and Concluding Remarks; 7. Bibliography; About the Author. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Consumption (Economics) -- United States.
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Consumption (Economics) |
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United States. |
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Minorities -- Nutrition -- United States.
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Minorities. |
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Nutrition. |
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Food supply -- United States.
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Food supply. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mata, Camille Tuason. Marginalizing Access to the Sustainable Food System. Lanham : University Press of America, 2013 9780761860549 |
| ISBN |
9780761860549 (electronic book) |
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0761860541 (electronic book) |
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1299874290 (e-book) |
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9781299874299 (e-book) |
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