Hunger amidst plenty: farmworker food insecurity and coping strategies in California

@article{MinkoffZern2014HungerAP,
  title={Hunger amidst plenty: farmworker food insecurity and coping strategies in California},
  author={Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern},
  journal={Local Environment},
  year={2014},
  volume={19},
  pages={204 - 219}
}
  • Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern
  • Published 2014
  • Business
  • Local Environment
    • Farmworkers are often overlooked as producers and consumers of food; although farmworkers in California labour in some of the most productive agricultural regions in the world, they are largely food insecure. This paper investigates approaches to relieving farmworker food insecurity in one of the most productive agricultural regions in North America, California's Northern Central Coast. I explore the structural causes for farmworker food insecurity, looking at how farmworker food insecurity is… CONTINUE READING
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