Land Justice: Re-imagining Land, Food, and the Commons
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (925 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0935028048 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 345 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
However, land has and continues to be grabbed” in North America, as well, through discrimination, real estate speculation, gentrification, financialization, extractive energy production, and tourism. In recent decades, the various strands of the food movement have made enormous strides in calling attention the many shortcomings and injustices of our food and agricultural system. As long as land remains unaffordable and inaccessible to most people, we cannot truly transform the food system.The term land-grabbing is most commonly used to refer to the large-scale acquisition of agricultural land in Asian,