The conditions in Benton Harbor, Michigan—high unemployment, huge numbers living below the poverty line, enormous health problems related to obesity and weight gain even as many residents go hungry at different times during the month, and poor access to fresh, affordable, and healthy food—represent some of the most severe forms of social, economic, and food-related […]
Author Archives: Robert Gottlieb
Robert Gottlieb is the Director of the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI) at Occidental College in Los Angeles. His book Food Justice, coauthored with Anupama Joshi, will be released in September 2010, published by MIT Press.