Bite Back

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People Taking On Corporate Food and Winning

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Bite Back is an urgent call to action exposing the broken food system and the growing revolution to fix it. Editors Saru Jayaraman and Kathryn De Master compile insights from leading experts and activists addressing injustices like wage inequality, environmental harm, and corporate bullying. Through paired chapters presenting problems caused by corporate control followed by successful organising campaigns, the book offers a solutions-focused exploration of how to disrupt corporate greed and benefit workers and consumers worldwide.
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Ideal for activists, policymakers, educators, and readers interested in social justice, food equity, environmental issues, and grassroots organising.

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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 organisers 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 organising 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.

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Praised by Nature for highlighting corporate dominance over democracy, Bite Back is recognised as a valuable roadmap for activists by FoodPrint and a timely work by Civil Eats. The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener calls it a crucial source melding research, activism and actionable strategies.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780520289369

Publisher: University of California Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 May 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: University of California Press

Illustration: 5 b-w images, 1 table

Contributors:

Foreword by Marion Nestle
Edited by Saru Jayaraman
Edited by Kathryn De Master

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 454g

Pages: 328

Collections

Education & Reference Engineering, Technology & Agriculture Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs

About the Author

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.