Urban agriculture is increasingly considered an important part of
creating just and sustainable cities. Yet the benefits that many
people attribute to urban agriculture-fresh food, green space,
educational opportunities-can mask structural inequities, thereby
making political transformation harder to achieve. Realizing social
and environmental justice requires moving beyond food production to
address deeper issues such as structural racism, gender inequity,
and economic disparities. Beyond the Kale argues that urban
agricultural projects focused explicitly on dismantling oppressive
systems have the greatest potential to achieve substantive social
change. Through in-depth interviews and public forums with some of
New York City's most prominent urban agriculture activists and
supporters, Kristin Reynolds and Nevin Cohen illustrate how some
urban farmers and gardeners not only grow healthy food for their
communities but also use their activities and spaces to disrupt the
dynamics of power and privilege that perpetuate inequity.
Addressing a significant gap in the urban agriculture literature,
Beyond the Kale prioritizes the voices of people of colour and
women-activists and leaders whose strategies have often been
underrepresented within the urban agriculture movement-and it
examines the roles of scholarship in advancing social justice
initiatives.
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