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Bowens Natasha |
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The color of food : stories of race, resilience and farming / / Natasha Bowens |
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Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada : , : New Society Publishers, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (242 p.) |
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Minority farmers - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Front Cover; Praise; Title Page; Rights Page; Contents; Prologue: Sowing Seeds for the Road; Part 1: Brown Girl Farming; Part 2: Rooted in Rights; Portrait 1: Land Is Freedom; Portrait 2: Forced Migration; Portrait 3 :Lifeblood of the Land; Portrait 4: Home, Land; Portrait 5: Black Land Loss; Part 3: Seeds of Resilience; Portrait 1: Katrina to Chickens; Portrait 2: Transitioning to Sovereignty; Portrait 3: BuckingDependence; Portrait 4: Surviving as Transplants; Portrait 5: Transforming the South; Part 4: Preserving Culture and Community; Portrait 1: Cherokee Seed Bank |
Portrait 2: Sustaining CommunityPortrait 3: Acequia Culture; Portrait 4: Gullah Seedlings; Portrait 5: Taste of Home; Part 5: Fierce Farming Women; Portrait 1: Alabama Strong; Portrait 2: American Indian Mothers; Portrait 3: Sisters; Portrait 4: A Farm of Her Own; Portrait 5: Defying the Odds; Part 6: Generation Rising; Portrait 1: Tierra Negra; Portrait 2: Breaking Down Borders; Portrait 3: Growing with Energy; Portrait 4: Kitchen Kwento; Portrait 5: Foods Are Our Teachers; Epilogue and Acknowledgements: Coming Home; Collage: We Are Here Too; Appendix; Notes; About the Author |
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Redefining the face of the American farmerThrough her compelling stories and powerful images Natasha Bowens' rainbow of farmers remind us that the industrialization of our food system and the |
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oppression of our people -- two sides of the same coin -- will, if not confronted, sow the seeds of our own destruction.--- Mark Winne, Author of Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of PlentyThe Color of Food is a stunning collection of portraits and stories that sheds light on the seemingly forgotten agricultural history of people of color. Author, photographer and biracial farmer Na |
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