Helpful resources when engaging in a unit on Food Justice:
Bigelow, B., & Peterson, B. (Eds.). (2002). Rethinking Globalization: Teaching for Justice in an Unjust World. Milwaukee, WI: Rethinking Schools.
This text is a teacher resource that considers the inequity and implications of globalization and introduces students to the realities of our world and highlights groups who are trying to inspire change.
Darmon, N., & Drewnowski, A. (2008). Does Social Class Predict Diet Quality. Retrieved December 1,2012, from The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition website: http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/87/5/1107.full
This study looks at the relationship between socioeconomic status and diet quality, finding that higher-quality diets are associated
with affluence and energy-dense but nutrient poor diets are associated with those of low socioeconomic status.
Jakab, C. (2011). Environment in Focus: Food Supplies. Marshall Cavendish Benchmark.
This children’s book through visuals and developmentally appropriate language explores issues of the increasing demand of food and food supply issues around the globe and then looks at what children can do.
Lappe, F. M. (2009, February 19). The City that Ended Hunger. Retrieved December 2, 2012, from Yes! website: http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/food-for-everyone/the-city-that-ended-hunger
This article features a city in Brazil that decided high quality food was a right of all citizens and took measures to make sure this happened.
Polllan, M. (2008). In Defense of Food. London, England: Penguin Press.
Written in response to The Omnivore’s Dilemma and questions of what people should eat, this book looks at the relationship between the focus on nutrition and the Western diet and advocates that people should eat food, not too much, and mostly plants.
Pollan, M. (2006). The Omnivore's Dilemma. London, England: The Penguin Press.
Food activist Michael Pollan considers the question “What’s for dinner?” in relation to the way humans access their food and how that will determine the survival of our planet and our species, following meals from the farm to the table.
Pond, W. G., Nichols, B. L., & Brown, D. L. (Eds.). (2009). Adequate Food For All. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group.
This text is an in-depth analysis of the history of human relationship with food, food by choice vs. food by necessity, food production, and global food security.
Kempf, S. (2005). Finding Solutions to Hunger. New York, NY: World Hunger Year.
This is a teacher resource which features lesson plans and materials on teaching students about hunger locally and globally and how students can be a part of the solution.
Kenner, R. (Director). (2008). Food, Inc. [Motion picture].
This documentary looks at current food practices in America and how they are not only destroying our planet but failing farmers and consumers.
Richardson, A. S., Boone-Heinonen, J., Popkin, B. M., & Gordon-Larsen, P. (2012, April 13). Are neighbourhood food resources distributed inequitably by income and race in the USA? Epidemiological findings across the urban spectrum. Retrieved December 1, 2012, from BMJ Open website: http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/2/2/e000698.full
In this study, the authors looked at the difference in neighborhood food resources in relation to the neighborhood’s poverty level, racial population, and density.
Rooney, A. (2010). Feeding the World. Mankato, MN: Smart Apple Media.
This text, intended for children, looks at how we produce the food we need for a growing population and explores this issue with colorful and accessible photos, graphs, diagrams, maps, and additional resources.
Scarcity vs. Distribution. (n.d.). Retrieved December 5, 2012, from A Well-Fed World website: http://awellfedworld.org/issues/scarcity
This website looks at the relationship between scarcity and distribution and advocates for the reduction in consumption of animal based foods and products.
The Grocery Gap: Who has Access to Healthy Food and Why it Matters. (n.d.). Retrieved December 5,2012, from PolicyLink website: http://www.policylink.org/site/c.lkIXLbMNJrE/b.5860321/k.A5BD/The_Grocery_Gap.htm
This is a review on food access research put out by a social action group which works for social and economic equity.
Additional Component
Winne, M. (2008). Closing the Food Gap. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
This text, intended for the adult reader, provides a highly informative and in-depth look at the food justice movement through the experiences of one who has spent the past twenty-five years of his life involved with community food system topics. Mark Winne, author, begins his text by exploring the beginnings of the early food movement. Focusing his work specifically in Hartford, Connecticut, Winne relives his early attempts at trying to reduce the cost of healthy food for low income populations through increasing the locality of food.
He then traces the rise of poverty and hunger following the Reagan administration taking office. He examines the harsh cuts to federal programs, which directly caused a spike in poverty and the necessity of food banks and other food assistance programs. Hunger became a national phenomenon.
Winne continues then to detail the history of the farmers’ market, community gardens, and food banks as responses to the prevalence of hunger in this country. He then goes on to define food deserts and the reasoning behind supermarket store location choices. He also takes a critical look at the food gap and the racial disparities that exist within access to nutrition. He also looks at the consequences of this widening gap, namely how diabetes and obesity are rapidly becoming a poor people epidemic. He then looks at community supported agriculture (CSA) and where the food justice movement is headed now.
For anyone who hasn’t had extensive experience in the food just movement or much knowledge about how structural inequalities in our food system began, this book proves to be an invaluable resource. Comprehensive, accessible, and informative, Winne’s book allows readers to understand how our food system got to be the way it is and what can be done to create a must just and equitable food system for all.
Bigelow, B., & Peterson, B. (Eds.). (2002). Rethinking Globalization: Teaching for Justice in an Unjust World. Milwaukee, WI: Rethinking Schools.
This text is a teacher resource that considers the inequity and implications of globalization and introduces students to the realities of our world and highlights groups who are trying to inspire change.
Darmon, N., & Drewnowski, A. (2008). Does Social Class Predict Diet Quality. Retrieved December 1,2012, from The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition website: http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/87/5/1107.full
This study looks at the relationship between socioeconomic status and diet quality, finding that higher-quality diets are associated
with affluence and energy-dense but nutrient poor diets are associated with those of low socioeconomic status.
Jakab, C. (2011). Environment in Focus: Food Supplies. Marshall Cavendish Benchmark.
This children’s book through visuals and developmentally appropriate language explores issues of the increasing demand of food and food supply issues around the globe and then looks at what children can do.
Lappe, F. M. (2009, February 19). The City that Ended Hunger. Retrieved December 2, 2012, from Yes! website: http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/food-for-everyone/the-city-that-ended-hunger
This article features a city in Brazil that decided high quality food was a right of all citizens and took measures to make sure this happened.
Polllan, M. (2008). In Defense of Food. London, England: Penguin Press.
Written in response to The Omnivore’s Dilemma and questions of what people should eat, this book looks at the relationship between the focus on nutrition and the Western diet and advocates that people should eat food, not too much, and mostly plants.
Pollan, M. (2006). The Omnivore's Dilemma. London, England: The Penguin Press.
Food activist Michael Pollan considers the question “What’s for dinner?” in relation to the way humans access their food and how that will determine the survival of our planet and our species, following meals from the farm to the table.
Pond, W. G., Nichols, B. L., & Brown, D. L. (Eds.). (2009). Adequate Food For All. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group.
This text is an in-depth analysis of the history of human relationship with food, food by choice vs. food by necessity, food production, and global food security.
Kempf, S. (2005). Finding Solutions to Hunger. New York, NY: World Hunger Year.
This is a teacher resource which features lesson plans and materials on teaching students about hunger locally and globally and how students can be a part of the solution.
Kenner, R. (Director). (2008). Food, Inc. [Motion picture].
This documentary looks at current food practices in America and how they are not only destroying our planet but failing farmers and consumers.
Richardson, A. S., Boone-Heinonen, J., Popkin, B. M., & Gordon-Larsen, P. (2012, April 13). Are neighbourhood food resources distributed inequitably by income and race in the USA? Epidemiological findings across the urban spectrum. Retrieved December 1, 2012, from BMJ Open website: http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/2/2/e000698.full
In this study, the authors looked at the difference in neighborhood food resources in relation to the neighborhood’s poverty level, racial population, and density.
Rooney, A. (2010). Feeding the World. Mankato, MN: Smart Apple Media.
This text, intended for children, looks at how we produce the food we need for a growing population and explores this issue with colorful and accessible photos, graphs, diagrams, maps, and additional resources.
Scarcity vs. Distribution. (n.d.). Retrieved December 5, 2012, from A Well-Fed World website: http://awellfedworld.org/issues/scarcity
This website looks at the relationship between scarcity and distribution and advocates for the reduction in consumption of animal based foods and products.
The Grocery Gap: Who has Access to Healthy Food and Why it Matters. (n.d.). Retrieved December 5,2012, from PolicyLink website: http://www.policylink.org/site/c.lkIXLbMNJrE/b.5860321/k.A5BD/The_Grocery_Gap.htm
This is a review on food access research put out by a social action group which works for social and economic equity.
Additional Component
Winne, M. (2008). Closing the Food Gap. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
This text, intended for the adult reader, provides a highly informative and in-depth look at the food justice movement through the experiences of one who has spent the past twenty-five years of his life involved with community food system topics. Mark Winne, author, begins his text by exploring the beginnings of the early food movement. Focusing his work specifically in Hartford, Connecticut, Winne relives his early attempts at trying to reduce the cost of healthy food for low income populations through increasing the locality of food.
He then traces the rise of poverty and hunger following the Reagan administration taking office. He examines the harsh cuts to federal programs, which directly caused a spike in poverty and the necessity of food banks and other food assistance programs. Hunger became a national phenomenon.
Winne continues then to detail the history of the farmers’ market, community gardens, and food banks as responses to the prevalence of hunger in this country. He then goes on to define food deserts and the reasoning behind supermarket store location choices. He also takes a critical look at the food gap and the racial disparities that exist within access to nutrition. He also looks at the consequences of this widening gap, namely how diabetes and obesity are rapidly becoming a poor people epidemic. He then looks at community supported agriculture (CSA) and where the food justice movement is headed now.
For anyone who hasn’t had extensive experience in the food just movement or much knowledge about how structural inequalities in our food system began, this book proves to be an invaluable resource. Comprehensive, accessible, and informative, Winne’s book allows readers to understand how our food system got to be the way it is and what can be done to create a must just and equitable food system for all.