Database research record2020·United States (California)
10. “You Can’t Evict Community Power”: Food Justice and Eviction Defense in Oakland
Alison Hope Alkon, Yahya Josh Cadji, Frances C. Moore
New York University Press eBooks
Urban Farm DB summary
In North Oakland, California, USA, collaborations between food justice organizations and residents, spurred by gentrification, were explored. The partnership and merger of Phat Beets Produce and the Self-Help Hunger Program were analyzed, initiated after a community garden was used in a gentrification advertisement in 2014. While this collaboration created a strong alliance, it was found to be insufficient to resist the structural forces driving gentrification.