On October 26th, 2020, Dr. Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, Associate Professor and Program Director of Food Studies at Syracuse University, spoke about her recent book “The New American Farmer: Immigration, Race, and the Struggle for Sustainability'' (MIT Press, 2019) in on an online talk hosted by the Food Studies Program at The New School. The event was organized in connection with faculty member Kristin Reynolds’ Food and the Environment course, and there were more than 120 participants from across the United States in attendance. In this short piece, we include a brief summary of the book’s key arguments and reflect on its relevance for the study of food and sustainability.
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