The food system is broken, but there is a revolution underway to fix it. Bite Back presents an urgent call to action and a vision for disrupting corporate power in the food system, a vision shared with countless organizers and advocates worldwide. In this provocative and inspiring new book, editors Saru Jayaraman and Kathryn De Master bring together leading experts and activists who are challenging corporate power by addressing injustices in our food system, from wage inequality to environmental destruction to corporate bullying.
In paired chapters, authors present a problem arising from corporate control of the food system and then recount how an organizing campaign successfully tackled it. This unique solutions-oriented book allows readers to explore the core contemporary challenges embedded in our food system and learn how we can push back against corporate greed to benefit workers and consumers everywhere.
Foreword by:
Marion Nestle
Edited by:
Saru Jayaraman,
Kathryn De Master
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780520289369
ISBN 10: 0520289366
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 12 May 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Foreword Marion Nestle Introduction Kathryn De Master and Saru Jayaraman 1. SEEDS Call to Action • How Corporations Control Our Seeds Philip H. Howard Collective Response • Taking Back Our Seeds Kristina “Kiki” Hubbard 2. PESTICIDES Call to Action • Pesticide Purveyors and Corporate Power Jill Lindsey Harrison Collective Response • Drift Catchers Combatting Pesticide Power Emily Marquez, Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, and Kristin Schafer 3. EXTRACTION Call to Action • Devil’s Bargain: Fractured Farms or Freedom? Kathryn De Master and Stephanie A. Malin Collective Response • Food and Water over Fracking Wenonah Hauter and Seth A. Gladstone 4 . LABOR Call to Action • Food Workers versus Food Giants Joann Lo and Jose Oliva Collective Response • Food Workers Taking On Goliath Saru Jayaraman 5. HEALTH Call to Action • Fast Food Embodied: Industrial Diets Kristine Madsen and Wendi Gosliner Collective Response • Moving a McMountain Anna Lappé and Kelle Louaillier 6. HUNGER Call to Action • Hunger Incorporated: Who Benefits from Anti-Hunger Efforts? Andy Fisher Collective Response • Progress over Poverty through Political Power Jim Araby 7. TRADE Call to Action • The Corporate Stock in Trade Raj Patel and Maywa Montenegro de Wit Collective Response • Food Sovereignty in Japan and Beyond Ayumi Kinezuka and Maywa Montenegro de Wit Conclusion: Stand Up, Bite Back Saru Jayaraman and Kathryn De Master Afterword: Taking Action to Create Change Judy Hertz Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Contributors Index
Saru Jayaraman is Director of the Food Labor Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley, President of One Fair Wage, cofounder of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United), and author of Behind the Kitchen Door and Forked: A New Standard for American Dining. Kathryn De Master is a rural sociologist in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley, and an affiliated scholar with the UC Berkeley Food Institute.
Reviews for Bite Back: People Taking On Corporate Food and Winning
"""In this cleverly titled collection, attorney Saru Jayaraman and rural sociologist Kathryn De Master conclude that corporations control much of our food because of 'their unbridled, unregulated power over our democracy.'"" * Nature * “Offers a series of roadmaps for activists who are looking to change the status quo.” * FoodPrint * “A book for the present moment.” * Civil Eats * ""Bite Back is a valuable source that brings together research, activism and strategies for action."" * The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener *"
