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Food Justice and Building a Movement in Arizona

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Robert Gottlieb — No Comments ↓

The food justice movement is alive – and growing – in Arizona. This, despite, or perhaps even due to, a political climate that, at least at this moment, is chilling. For example, just Thursday, when I was returning back to…

Tagged with: arizona, Food Justice, migration
Posted in Migration Policy and Research

Bob’s Interview in the Arizona Republic

Posted on March 9, 2011 by UEPI Occidental College — No Comments ↓

The Arizona Republic ran this story today, Professor links food to economic, social, environmental issues, with a short interview of Bob. And if you are in the Pheonix area in tonight be sure to check out Bob’s talk at the…

Tagged with: arizona, Food Justice, migration
Posted in Migration Policy and Research

Sharing Stories in Tucson

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Robert Gottlieb — No Comments ↓

On Sunday, March 6, the Community Food Bank in Tucson hosted an event entitled “Cultivating Food Justice in Tucson” where more than 200 people shared their stories. This included stories about growing food on abandoned lots; building community in communities…

Tagged with: arizona, food bank, Food Justice, tuscon
Posted in Farm to School, Migration Policy and Research

After the Dream Act Defeat: Immigrants and Food

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Robert Gottlieb — No Comments ↓

The bitter, divisive, and at times racist dialogue about immigration status was especially striking when it came to the debate about The Dream Act in December. On the one hand, opponents of the Dream Act argued that it didn’t matter…

Breakthrough in the Fields

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Robert Gottlieb — No Comments ↓

The Coalition for Immokalee Workers’ called it a “Breakthrough in the Fields;” but it could also be called “Breakthrough — At Last!” The CIW’s imaginative, systematic, and complex series of actions and targeted campaigns, that began with the fast food…

Food Justice, Immigration Issues and the 2010 Election

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Robert Gottlieb — No Comments ↓

Nov. 3, 2010 The right wing backlash in the 2010 election has raised comparisons with the Republican victories in the 1994 mid-term elections. Here are two outcomes often not associated with how the 1994 results have been interpreted but that…

Tagged with: Food Justice, migration
Posted in Globalization, Migration Policy and Research

Deal with CIW farmworkers recognized nation-wide

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Robert Gottlieb — No Comments ↓

The deal reached last week between Florida farm workers and Pacific Tomato Growers represents a landmark in their long battle for increased wages and improved working conditions. The story has gained a lot of attention from both local and national…

Tagged with: farm workers, florida, tomatoes, unions
Posted in Labor, Migration Policy and Research

New Standards of Social Responsibility

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Robert Gottlieb — No Comments ↓

An agreement signed today by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Pacific Tomato Growers in Florida represents a landmark for social responsibility and accountability standards within the agriculutral industry, and is a huge victory for CIW, who have been…

the future of food in a city without borders

Posted on December 5, 2008 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

This is the final post in a series on food in Los Angeles that started with Land of Sunshine and continued with Two Cities. Los Angeles is a place continuously being transformed by new arrivals from around the country and…

Robert Gottlieb’s “Reinventing Los Angeles” Released

Posted on November 28, 2007 by UEPI Occidental College — No Comments ↓

Robert Gottlieb’s latest book, Reinventing Los Angeles, is now available from most online retailers. In it, Gottlieb traces the emergence of Los Angeles as a global city in the twentieth century and describes its continuing evolution today. He examines the…