Uprooting Food Injustice: A Qualitative Analysis of Activist Efforts Combating Food Deserts and Inequality

Food insecurity is rampant in the United States in both rural and urban settings. Limited access to affordable nutritious food and education about healthy eating impact community health. Through participant observation and analysis of various community based initiatives, this presentation and the larger thesis explores interconnections between community solutions and public policy. Six cases studies in New Mexico and New York are examined. Throughout the studies similar factors of food injustice are found yet activism to challenge food injustice are in place. This presentation and the longer thesis sheds light on the intersections of race, class and place which contribute to food insecurity and activisms created to address the problem.