02944nam 22005173 450 991055427070332120231110213156.00-8135-9018-310.36019/9780813590189(CKB)4100000011931222(MiAaPQ)EBC6623863(Au-PeEL)EBL6623863(OCoLC)1252221534(DE-B1597)590590(DE-B1597)9780813590189(EXLCZ)99410000001193122220210901d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBack to the Roots Memory, Inequality, and Urban AgricultureNew Brunswick :Rutgers University Press,2021.©2021.1 online resource (237 pages)Nature, Society, and Culture 0-8135-9015-9 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Cultivating the Commonwealth -- Chapter 2 The Powers of Food -- Chapter 3 Lineages and Land -- Chapter 4 Stories of the Soil -- Chapter 5 Urban Futures -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix A Into the Field: Data and Methods -- Appendix B Research and Reflexivity -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the AuthorAcross the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, urban farmers and gardeners are reclaiming cultural traditions linked to food, farming, and health; challenging systemic racism and injustice in the food system; demanding greater community control of resources in marginalized neighborhoods; and moving towards their visions of more equitable urban futures. As part of this urgent work, urban farmers and gardeners encounter and reckon with both the cultural meanings and material legacies of the past. Drawing on their narratives, Back to the Roots demonstrates that urban agriculture is a critical domain for explorations of, and challenges to, the long standing inequalities that shape both the materiality of cities and the bodies of their inhabitants.Nature, Society, and Culture Back to the Roots Urban agricultureMassachusettsTechnology & Engineering / GeneralbisacshCommonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts, farmworkers, farming, farmers, urban farmers, garden, gardeners, food, health, systemic racism, food system, food industry, racism, marginalized neighborhoods, equitable urban futures, urban gardeners, inequalities, inequality, land, soil, plants, field.Urban agricultureTechnology & Engineering / General.630.9744Shostak Sara1156531MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910554270703321Back to the Roots2819748UNINA