A Place-Based Perspective of Food in Society

279 Pages·2015·2.564 MB·English

by  Kevin M. Fitzpatrick, Don Willis (eds.)

A PLACE-BASED PERSPECTIVE
OF FOOD IN SOCIETY

A Place-Based Perspective
of Food in Society
Edited by
Kevin M. Fitzpatrick and Don Willis
A PLACE-BASED PERSPECTIVE OF FO OD IN SOCIETY
Copyright © Kevin M. Fitzpatrick and Don Willis, 2015.
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-40836-5
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
A place-based perspective of food in society / edited by
Kevin M. Fitzpatrick and Don Willis.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Food—Social aspects. 2. Agriculture—Social aspects.
3. Space—Social aspects. I. Fitzpatrick, Kevin M.
GN407.P56 2015
394.1(cid:2)2—dc23 2015006788
A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library.
Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India.
First edition: August 2015
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
This volume is dedicated to the millions of people around the world
suffering from the consequences of limited food access and the
complexities of geopolitics. Their daily struggle should be our
catalyst for change.

Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
Kevin M. Fitzpatrick and Don Willis
Part I Historical Contexts
Chapter 1
The Origins and Propagation of Agriculture: The Formation
of the Contemporary Diet 9
Laurence Roudart and Marcel Mazoyer
Chapter 2
Agricultural Industrialization and the Presence of the
“Local” in the Global Food World 3 7
Carlos J. Maya-Amb í a
Chapter 3
Lessons from the Past: A Historical Overview of the
Place-Food Relationship 59
Mark B. Tauger
Part II Social and Cultural Contexts
Chapter 4
Ways of Knowing the World: The Role of Knowledge and
Food Movements in the Food-Place Nexus 83
Jennifer Sumner
Chapter 5
Modern Southern Food: An Examination of the
Intersection of Place, Race, Class, and Gender in
the Quest for Authenticity 103
Kaitland M. Byrd
viii CONTENTS
Chapter 6
Distinction, Disdain, and Gentrification: Hipsters,
Food People, and the Ethnic Other in Brooklyn, New York 121
Kathleen LeBesco and Peter Naccarato
Part III The Context of Power and Inequality
Chapter 7
The Political Economy of Food and Agriculture
in the United States and Russia 143
Susanne A. Wengle
Chapter 8
Power and Place in Food Systems: From Global to Local 165
Savannah Larimore and Vaughn Schmutz
Chapter 9
The Death of Distance: Food Deserts Across
the Global Divide 1 87
Meredith Gartin
Part IV The Future of Food
Chapter 10
Place-Based Responses to the Global Food Economy 2 03
Andria D. Timmer
Chapter 11
Troubling Place in Alternative Food Practices:
Food Movements, Neoliberalism, and Place 2 21
Janna Lafferty
Chapter 12
Toward Economies That Won’t Leave: Utilizing a
Community Food Systems Model to Develop
Multisector Sustainable Economies in Rural Southeastern
North Carolina 241
Leslie H. Hossfeld, E. Brooke Kelly, Amanda Smith,
and Julia F. Waity
Notes on Contributors 2 67
Index 2 73
Illustrations
Figures
1.1 Schematic Map of “Original” Plant Formations
10,000 Years Ago 12
1.2 C enters of Origin and Areas of Propagation of the
Neolithic Agricultural Revolution 14
1.3 C enters of Origin of the Neolithic Agricultural
Revolution and Secondary Areas of Domestication 15
12.1 Southeastern North Carolina Poverty Rates 246
12.2 Southeastern North Carolina Food Insecurity Rates 247
Tables
9.1 Results by food desert case studies 1 94
12.1 Demographics of farmers 2 55