Our colleague Rich Pirog from MSU’s Center for Regional Food Systems just co-authored a paper with Anel Guel on the serious subject of structural racism in the food system.  The paper is an annotated bibliography of resources and data pivotal to understanding the subject.  Here’s the message from Rich Pirog with a link to download the document.

Good Food Colleagues:

Below is a link to a new annotated bibliography, Structural racism present in the U.S. Food System, published by the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.

As the local food movement matures, it joins an interdependent fabric of movements that have the opportunity to expose racial injustice. With recent events revealing the pervasiveness of racial injustice in America, meaningful dialogues about the future of our food system across lines of race and ethnicity are more critical than ever.

This resource may provide useful background reading to advocates, scholars, and anyone else working to bring about a more sustainable and just food system in the United States.

Important note:  the links work best if you download the document (as a pdf) and then use Adobe Reader to read the document

http://foodsystems.msu.edu/resources/structural_racism_in_u.s._food_system