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U.S. Food Policy - Anthropology and Advocacy in the Public Interest (Paperback)
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Inequity of control over food systems is a particularly insidious
form of injustice. Collectively, the contributors to this volume
posit that this inequity is rooted in power asymmetries in the U.S.
food system and codified through U.S. food policies. This process
puts the public at risk in the U.S. and, via trade and foreign aid
policies, in the Global South. Inequities are manifest in the
allocation of food and food-producing resources in favor of the
wealthy, exploitation of the natural environment for short-term
gain of private interests over long-term public ones, the framing
of public discussion on food and food deprivation, and finally, the
deflection of moral challenges posed by human rights to food.The
contributors draw on long-term anthropological field research to
examine these tensions and their on-the-ground outcomes in diverse
cultural and national contexts. The authors' insightful analyses
span a wide variety of topics including dietary change, food
insecurity, livestock production, and organic farming in the light
of U.S. trade, food, labor, and agricultural policies and food
assistance programs. The collection highlights the obstacles to,
and the dilemmas and inconsistencies in, shaping policy in the
public interest. This book was originally published as a special
issue of Food & Foodways.
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