Presentation Year

2018

Depreciated Participant

Samantha StoneEnvironmental StudiesUndergraduate Student

College or Department

Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)

My research examines the North Coast Growers Association's food access, cultural inclusion and waste management initiatives through a critical environmental justice lens. It highlights the efforts of Farmers' Market Incentive Programs such as SNAP, WIC and Market-Match in addressing food insecurity and attracting low-income and student participation to markets. I discuss the geography of waste management as it pertains to the 'zero waste' initiatives of NCGA, and touch on the general tendencies of California farmers' markets to construct themselves as 'white spaces.' My research offers several strategies to disrupt whiteness and the 'white farm imaginary' in these spaces.

Permission to Publish Work

Yes

Node ID

412

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