Life on the Other Border: Farmworkers and Food Justice in Vermont by Teresa M. Mares

Carney, Megan A.

doi:10.1353/anq.2020.0008

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“…I decided to contribute to the challenges created by the raids by shedding light on the complexities these unprecedented immigration law enforcement operations entailed in the communities involved, especially for the Latinx communities affected. 2 Like other studies looking at Latinx immigrants in the U.S. food systems in rural settings (e.g., Flora et al 2012;Guerrero 2017;Keller 2019;Mares 2019;Thompson 2011Thompson , 2020Thompson , 2022, this research used qualitative data. From 2020 to 2022, I conducted semi-structured interviews to understand the impacts of the immigration raids, and the responses developed by Latinx communities and allies.…”

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“…Although there are no studies about the impacts of these raids, there have been numerous works revealing how immigrants in the food system experience significant challenges, especially under strong immigration enforcement environments. These challenges are consequences of a very complicated role of the neoliberal state, which often enable poor labor and human conditions, and enforce immigration policies that reproduce structural racism, violence, injustices, and struggles faced by immigrants (De León 2015; Golash‐Boza 2015; Mares 2019; Menjívar 2021; Thompson 2020).…”

Section: Latinx Immigrants and Immigration Raids In Central Mississippimentioning

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“Keeping Things under the Rug”: Racial Dynamics in the Context of Large Immigration Raids in Rural Mississippi^☆

Thompson

2023

Rural Sociology

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A large body of literature has evidenced racism and other challenges experienced by Latinx immigrants working in the food system and rural communities in the U.S. Despite a large number of studies showing complex and difficult realities experienced by Latinx immigrants, little has been studied about how immigration law enforcement operations impact Latinx communities and racial dynamics in rural communities. Analyzing 26 interviews with Latinx organizers and allies involved in community responses in the aftermath of the large immigration raids, this study examines how the raids shaped racial dynamics and local actions to address Latinxs' problems. Findings show the immigration raids were seen as an “invasion” that created fear, distrust, and racial stigmatization among Latinx immigrants. After the raids, Latinx groups and allies mobilized resources for the affected families, contesting the binary racial order. However, community responses were challenged by white supremacy and racism that aimed to keep “things under the rug” by ignoring Latinxs' problems created and exacerbated by the immigration raids. These findings highlight unique characteristics of ongoing racialization processes in U.S. rural settings and illustrate how white supremacy and racism continue to shape what goes on within and outside rural communities.

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Section: Latinx Immigrants and Immigration Raids In Central Mississippimentioning

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“Keeping Things under the Rug”: Racial Dynamics in the Context of Large Immigration Raids in Rural Mississippi^☆

Thompson

2023

Rural Sociology

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“…We need to take this approach not only with the economy, but also with the entire food system. Scholars, notably also from anthropology, have begun this work (e.g., Gould, 2005;Trubek, 2008;Højlund, 2015;Mann, 2015;Mares, 2019). It is time to bring such observations from the anthropology of food into food systems analyses more generally.…”

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Studying food systems as embedded, sensory phenomena

Morgan

2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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This article offers a theoretical foundation for pursuing transdisciplinary food systems research, informed by deep sustainability and equity, across various scales of the system. It weaves together ontologically aligned, food-relevant social theory from ecofeminism, agroecology, ecological economics, systems theory and food systems scholarship, sensory studies, geography, and sociology. The epistemologies and associated methodologies of this literature all take seriously the physical laws of nature, while also recognizing that knowledge is situated in persons and places, and that people's experiences of the world are an important part of what we can know. They all recognize the urgent need to reorient Western mental modes and their destructive, attendant material relationships. Epistemological integration rests upon ontological convergence of embeddedness, embodiment, and the context for change, calling for a methodological approach of ethnographic, qualitative, and sensory research. No conception of the food system is complete without attending to the visceral, human experiences that shape it. Embeddedness and embodiment therefore offer an avenue for connecting information across different scales of the system, from the individual to the biosphere, allowing for the macro level to help make sense of the micro, and for the micro to reflect, resist, and alter the macro. Here, a new and better world is imagined and created through our bodies, in dialogue with and resistant to hegemonic power, and sensory research is key to understanding how things must and could change.

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“…Lack of access to food growing space and transportation makes it difficult for them to get food (Mares 2019;Thompson 2021). In general, race-related food justice issues, such as the BIPOC community's food access (including access to culturally appropriate foods) and farmworkers' rights and well-being, are inadequately studied and addressed in Vermont (Mares 2019). A key concern is how the food system in Vermont has failed to address the needs of these underserved populations.…”

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Food justice in Vermont’s environmentally vulnerable communities

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In this study, we examine cases of food insecurity and food justice issues in Vermont’s environmentally vulnerable communities. Using a structured door-to-door survey (n = 569), semi-structured interviews (n = 32), and focus groups (n = 5), we demonstrate that: (1) food insecurity in Vermont’s environmentally vulnerable communities is prominent and intersects with socioeconomic factors such as race and income, (2) food and social assistance programs need to be more accessible and address vicious cycles of multiple injustices, (3) an intersectional approach beyond distribution is required to address food justice issues in environmentally vulnerable communities, and (4) paying attention to broader contextual and environmental factors may provide a more nuanced approach to understanding food justice.

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Life on the Other Border: Farmworkers and Food Justice in Vermont by Teresa M. Mares

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“Keeping Things under the Rug”: Racial Dynamics in the Context of Large Immigration Raids in Rural Mississippi^☆

“Keeping Things under the Rug”: Racial Dynamics in the Context of Large Immigration Raids in Rural Mississippi^☆

Studying food systems as embedded, sensory phenomena

Food justice in Vermont’s environmentally vulnerable communities

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“Keeping Things under the Rug”: Racial Dynamics in the Context of Large Immigration Raids in Rural Mississippi☆

“Keeping Things under the Rug”: Racial Dynamics in the Context of Large Immigration Raids in Rural Mississippi☆

Studying food systems as embedded, sensory phenomena

Food justice in Vermont’s environmentally vulnerable communities

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“Keeping Things under the Rug”: Racial Dynamics in the Context of Large Immigration Raids in Rural Mississippi^☆

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