Food in a Just World

Compassionate Eating in a Time of Climate Change

Tracey Harris, Terry Gibbs

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Polity Press
18 April 2024

Agriculture & farming

Food in a Just World examines the violence, social breakdown, and environmental consequences of our global system of food production, distribution, and consumption, where each step of the process is built on some form of exploitation. While highlighting the broken system’s continuities from European colonialism, the authors argue that the seeds of resilience, resistance, and inclusive cultural resurgence are already being reflected in the day-to-day actions of communities around the world. Calling for urgent change, the book looks at how genuine democracy would give individuals and communities meaningful control over the decisions that impact their lives when seeking to secure humanely this most basic human need.

Drawing on the perspectives of advocates, activists, workers, researchers, and policymakers, Harris and Gibbs explore the politics of food in the context of capitalist globalization and the climate crisis, uncovering the complexities in our relationships with one another, with other animals, and with the natural world.

By: Tracey Harris, Terry Gibbs
Imprint: Polity Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 431g
ISBN: 9781509554027
ISBN 10: 1509554025
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 18 April 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Chapter 1 – Food Justice Needs a Just World: Confronting Structural Violence Against Land, Humans, and Nonhuman Animals Chapter 2 – Capitalist Dreams and Nightmares: Food Systems, the Animal-Industrial Complex, and Climate Disruption Chapter 3 – Working in Hell: Labor in the Industrial Production of Animals as Food Chapter 4 – What If We Really Are What We Eat?: Challenging a Colonial-Capitalist Diet Chapter 5 – The Upside Down: The Hidden World of Nonhuman Animals as Food Chapter 6 – Towards a Compassionate Food System

Tracey Harris is Associate Professor of Sociology at Cape Breton University Terry Gibbs is Professor of Political Science at Cape Breton University

Reviews for Food in a Just World: Compassionate Eating in a Time of Climate Change

“While providing a rigorous critique of the global food system and its exploitative, violent, and ecologically destructive trajectory, this book takes the reader on a unique journey towards a hopeful future, one where humans can live in harmony with nature and other species.” Vandana Shiva, Founder of Navdanya, and author of Who Really Feeds the World? “A radically new approach to uncovering and understanding the contemporary food crisis, from a deeply personal and deeply critical perspective. The authors show what food justice and a compassionate food system could look like, and how it is being constructed around the world.” Avi Chomsky, Salem State University, and author of Is Science Enough? Forty Critical Questions About Climate Justice “An up-to-the-minute introduction to issues of class, race, gender, and species in what we eat, as well as to how larger issues of economics and capitalism affect workers in the meat industry. Whether you eat meat or not, the book convincingly argues that these issues demand serious attention.” Marion Nestle, New York University, and author of Food Politics