Food Justice Undone

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Lessons for Building a Better Movement

Hanna Garth

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University of California Press
03 February 2026

Sociology & anthropology

Series: California Studies in Food and Culture

Breaks open the privilege and promise of food justice to envision a radical liberatory future.

Food justice activists have worked to increase access to healthy food in low-income communities of color across the United States. Yet despite their best intentions, they often perpetuate food access inequalities and racial stereotypes. Hanna Garth shows how the movement has been affected by misconceptions and assumptions about residents, as well as by unclear definitions of justice and what it means to be healthy. Focusing on broad structures and microlevel processes, Garth reveals how power dynamics shape social justice movements in particular ways.

Drawing on twelve years of ethnographic research, Garth examines what motivates people from more affluent, majority-white areas of the city to intervene in South Central Los Angeles. She argues that the concepts of ""food justice"" and ""healthy food"" operate as racially coded language, reinforcing the idea that health problems in low-income Black and Brown communities can be solved through individual behavior rather than structural change. Food Justice Undone explores the stakes of social justice and the possibility of multiracial coalitions working toward a better future.

By: Hanna Garth
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 88
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9780520396692
ISBN 10: 0520396693
Series: California Studies in Food and Culture
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 03 February 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hanna Garth is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University, author of Food in Cuba: The Pursuit of a Decent Meal, and coeditor of Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice.

Reviews for Food Justice Undone: Lessons for Building a Better Movement

""Food Justice Undone explores the stakes of social justice and the possibility of multiracial coalitions working toward a better future."" * It's All About Food (The Progressive Radio Network) *