North Stars of Emancipation: California's Diverse Food and Farming Movements in Times of Racial Reckoning...

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Antonio Roman-Alcalá

North Stars of Emancipation

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California's Diverse Food and Farming Movements in Times of Racial Reckoning

Antonio Roman-Alcalá

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English

MIT Press
18 August 2026

Politics & government

How greater racial inclusion can propel movements forward and help realize sustainable change, from a longtime political organizer and researcher.

How we grow, harvest, distribute, and consume food is bound up with how we use (and abuse) environmental resources, and how we achieve (or undermine) collective well-being. In North Stars of Emancipation, Antonio Roman-Alcala finds in the radical experiments of new food movements the seeds of a world liberated from old, extractive systems, where a more equitable way of eating and living is possible.

The book traces the transformation of California's diverse food movements as Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and other people of color have come to play a larger organizational role, especially at a time of toxic national politics. A new vision now guides these movements, rooted in the radical traditions of anarchism, Black radicalism, and Indigenous resurgence, yet focused on pragmatic solutions to the problems of market and state. In pursuing a North Star political ideal that rejects capitalism, colonialism, and state violence while prioritizing survival, California's food movements have achieved greater collaboration among sectors, workers, and consumers, pointing toward a promising future.

North Stars of Emancipation takes the rare step of analyzing movements as interconnected wholes. From their collective success, we learn how to move past an untenable present.

By: Antonio Roman-Alcalá
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780262053280
ISBN 10: 0262053284
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 18 August 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Antonio Roman-Alcala is Assistant Professor at California State University East Bay, where he teaches geography and environmental studies. He has worked on sustainable food systems and radical political change for more than twenty years.