Overview

In her timely new book, Teresa M. Mares explores the intersections of structural vulnerability and food insecurity experienced by migrant farmworkers in the northeastern borderlands of the United States. Through ethnographic portraits of Latinx farmworkers who labor in Vermont’s dairy industry, Mares powerfully illuminates the complex and resilient ways workers sustain themselves and their families while also serving as the backbone of the state’s agricultural economy. In doing so, Life on the Other Border exposes how broader movements for food justice and labor rights play out in the agricultural sector, and powerfully points to the misaligned agriculture and immigration policies impacting our food system today.  

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Author:   Teresa M. Mares
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780520295728

ISBN 10:   0520295722
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   16 April 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Tables and Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Bordering Visible Bodies A Distinctive Rural Place? Farmworker Injustice Grows in Every Field Harvesting a Different Product: What Makes Dairy Work Unique It’s Not Just about the Numbers Migrating through the Chapters to Come 1 • Vulnerability and Visibility in the Northern Borderlands Border Violence and Vulnerability “There’s No Mexicans in Vermont!” There Are Indeed Mexicans in Vermont Encerrado The Trump Effect 2 • More than Money: Extending the Meanings and Methodologies of Farmworker Food Security Living with Food Insecurity on Both Sides of the Border Feeding the Nation but Not Being Fed Measuring the Immeasurable? Assessing Dairy Worker Food Insecurity with the (Quantitative) Tools at Hand Telling the Stories of Food Insecurity When Numbers Fall Short Food Insecurity Crosses All Borders 3 • Cultivating Food Sovereignty Where There Are Few Choices Growing a Project from Seed Immigrant Gardens as Fertile Ground for Food Sovereignty They Tried to Bury Us—They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds Challenging Cultural Borders through Experiential Learning 4 • They Are Out, They Are Looking: Providing Goods and Services under Surveillance WIC: From Door-to-Door Delivery to EBT Doing a Lot with Very Little in the Field of Public Health Trunks Full of Banana Leaves and Phone Cards: The Individuals Serving the Farmworker Community 5 • Resilience and Resistance in the Movement for Just Food and Work Navigating the Roles of Researcher and Activist A Timeline of Accomplishments—and Setbacks Immigrant Rights Are Human Rights! (Something Other than) Reform or Revolution? Conclusion The Promise and Complications of Doing Ethnography at Home The Politics of Visibility in the Borderlands The Everyday Meanings of Food Sovereignty The Transformative Potential of Worker-Led Food Movements Some Final Thoughts Appendix 1: Semi-Structured Interview Guide for Farmworkers Appendix 2: Semi-Structured Interview Guide for Service Providers Notes Bibliography Index

Reviews

[Mares] successfully conveys the importance and value that agricultural laborers bring to our food system, and how their identities are often erased from the consumer experience further down the value chain. * Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development * Mares's book contributes enormously to the fields of critical ethnography, borderland studies, and immigration studies, and would be an excellent addition to any classroom or public discussion of labor rights and food justice. * Gastronomica *

Author Information

Teresa M. Mares is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Vermont.

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