Labor and the Locavore

Gray, Margaret E.

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“…CER on farm and food workers fulfills the dual goals of EJ to deepen democratic processes and support workers' rights. Through CER, workers, academics, advocates, and even industry have teamed up to make empirical data on the conditions of workers more visible to the public and food industry, help advance human rights, and prove what is otherwise invisible: workers' marginal earnings, economic uncertainty, and harsh and often exploitative working conditions (BAMCO and UFW 2011;Fox et al 2017;Gray 2013;Kline and Newcomb 2013;Mares 2019). CER outreach projects also combat exposure, injury, illness, and poverty of workers due to abusive and hazardous workplace environments.…”

Section: Farm and Fo Od Workers' Right Smentioning

confidence: 99%

Ground Truths: Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice

2024

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Ground Truths shows how community-engaged research contributes to environmental justice for Black, Indigenous, people of color, and low-income communities by centering local knowledge, building truth from the ground up, producing data that can influence decisions, and transforming researchers’ relationships to communities for equity and mutual benefit. The book outlines the main steps in conducting community-engaged research, evaluates the major research methods used, and addresses institutional barriers to this kind of scholarship in academia. A critical synthesis of research in many fields, Ground Truths provides an original framework for aligning community-engaged research and environmental justice, and applies the framework in chapters on public health, urban planning, conservation, law and policy, community economic development, and food justice and sovereignty.

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Section: Farm and Fo Od Workers' Right Smentioning

confidence: 99%

Ground Truths: Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice

2024

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“…Durante la segunda mitad del siglo xx, la organización agrícola del mercado global debilitó a los productores familiares en contextos geográficos diversos (Bailey et. al., 2014;Gray, 2013;Pilgeram, 2011). A pesar de que el Estado costarricense ha implementado algunas medidas proteccionistas para la producción familiar y el mercado interno, también se ha adentrado en un proceso de mayor internacionalización agrícola con la apertura y liberalización de la economía agraria y el turismo.…”

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“…Por ejemplo, se le asigna más valor a la comida producida localmente en cultivos familiares y ecológicos que a la comida producida a gran escala en una finca industrializada con contratos mal pagados y muchas veces suponiendo explotación laboral. Por lo tanto, se han abierto nuevos espacios para los agricultores familiares, que pueden considerarse, en cierta medida, una oportunidad (Gray, 2013;Schor, 2011;Schor y Thompson, 2014;Sick, 2008). Así, los agricultores familiares se encuentran en una coyuntura única, donde se supone que pueden ser actores principales y asumir una mayor participación en la actual economía emergente, con la presunción de que el consumidor se encuentra de su lado.…”

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Entre La Espada Y La Pared: Agricultores Familiares en La Zona Occidental Del Valle Central De Costa Rica

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Pacas

2022

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Este artículo explora las formas de adaptación al estado de la economía agrícola del siglo XXI asumidas por pequeños agricultores familiares en la región occidental del Valle Central de Costa Rica. El análisis se basa en una investigación llevada a cabo en julio-diciembre de 2017, con una metodología cualitativa a través de las técnicas de participación-observación y entrevistas a 56 miembros de familias productoras de 32 fincas. Los resultados indican que los productores convierten el proyecto de la finca en un pasatiempo o una labor a medio tiempo; o bien, intercambian de labor al insertarse en mercados de turismo, educaciónal consumidor y productos de valor agregado.

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“…The pandemic has disrupted the food system at key points where CEFS' initiatives work, exacerbating pre-existing inequalities and highlighting supply chain disjunctures (Alkon, Bowen, & Kato, 2020;Anderson, 2020;Havice, Marschke, & Vandergeest, 2020;Hendrickson, 2020). Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) were already disproportionately affected by issues in the food system, including low-wage labor and access to healthy food (Gray, 2014;Kato, 2013). These issues have been brought into stark relief by the pandemic, both in terms of growing food insecurity rates as well as the fact that food retail workers and farm laborers are on the forefront of "essential workers" who are most exposed e Marcello Cappellazzi, Communications Specialist, CEFS, NCSU; mcappel@ncsu.edu f Nancy Creamer, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Agriculture and Community Based Food Systems, Horticulture Department; Former CEFS Co-Director, NCSU; ncreamer@ncsu.edu g Angel Cruz, Ph.D., Academic and Extension Initiatives Manager, CEFS, NCSU; aecruz@ncsu.edu h Janie Hynson, Communications Manager, CEFS, NCSU; jtmoore8@ncsu.edu i Gini Knight, Program Coordinator, Community Food Strategies, CEFS, NCSU; gini_knight@ncsu.edu (Alkon et al, 2020).…”

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A collaborative approach to COVID-19 response: The Center for Environmental Farming Systems community-based food system initiatives

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J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) has spent the past two decades developing local food systems to support communities and increase resilience. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how existing structural inequities, primarily along racial lines, are exacerbated. It has also shown the value of community-based food systems work that helps communities network, sharing valuable resources and funding to respond to the ongoing crisis. In this article, we document how CEFS’ community-based food systems initiatives are responding to the pandemic. Some of CEFS programs are community-based, working with food policy councils, offering racial equity trainings, networking schools and early care and education sites, and supporting youth convenings and internships. Others are focused on production and supply chains for meat, seafood, and produce in order to develop stronger local food systems. Throughout the work of all of CEFS’ community-based food systems initiatives in response to the pandemic, we have learned that our past efforts have increased local food systems resilience. We also note the importance of flexible funders who allowed grant dollars to be reallocated to community partners to address urgent needs. We have found that online programming has increased participation and access to resources. Finally, we have been inspired by the creativity, flexibility, and adaptability of our community partners, and we are energized to continue to support them while also offering the resources we have developed to a broader audience.

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Labor and the Locavore

Cited by 66 publications

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Ground Truths: Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice

Ground Truths: Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice

Entre La Espada Y La Pared: Agricultores Familiares en La Zona Occidental Del Valle Central De Costa Rica

A collaborative approach to COVID-19 response: The Center for Environmental Farming Systems community-based food system initiatives

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