Compiled by Michael Byrne and Theresa Schliep
Garrett Broad, Ph.D., assistant professor of Communications and Media Studies published a book titled “More Than Just Food: Food Justice and Community Change.” The book discusses the access, or lack thereof, to information on food systems to marginalized communities. Both the information insufficient and the availability of inexpensive and nutritional food are insufficient. The reason for this, Broad argues, is because of structural racism and socioeconomic inequality. A result of this food disparity is a decrease in the quality of life for marginalized people, including health repercussions. In his novel, Broad offers both reasons and solutiond for this institutionalized inequality. Broad’s book was published on Feb. 9 by University of California Press, and is available for purchase on Amazon.com. Much of Broad’s research focuses on environmental issues in the digital age, especially in regard to local and global food systems.